About Berlin EMS
Protecting lives and serving our community with professional emergency medical services and ambulance transport since 1967.
Protecting lives, every day
Berlin Area Ambulance Association exists to provide the highest quality emergency medical care, ambulance transport and community safety programs to the residents and visitors of Berlin, Pennsylvania and Somerset County.
- Respond to every emergency with professionalism and compassion
- Maintain the highest standards of training and equipment
- Support our volunteer and career personnel like family
- Educate the community on safety and preparedness
- Operate with complete transparency and fiscal responsibility
Nearly six decades on the front line
From a volunteer ambulance corps to the county’s largest ALS service, our story is the story of Berlin itself.
A station is born
Berlin Area Ambulance is founded as an independent 501(c)(3) to bring dedicated emergency medical services to a growing town.
ALS comes to the county
Advanced life support arrives, and the association becomes the largest first-due ALS service in Somerset County.
10 paramedics, 21 EMTs
Thirty-one responders serve 176 square miles across eight municipalities, around the clock.
Governed by volunteers
A volunteer Board of Directors, elected by our membership, provides strategic direction, financial stewardship and oversight of our mission.
Board of directors
Elected leaders who set policy, approve the budget and keep us accountable to the community we serve.
Active committees
Finance, operations, membership, training and outreach committees do the hands-on work between board meetings.
Annual meeting
Members gather each year to review operations, elect the board and set priorities for the year ahead.
Non-discrimination policy
Berlin Area Ambulance Association does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in our programs, services, employment or volunteer opportunities.
We are committed to providing equal access to our services and creating an inclusive environment where all community members and personnel are treated with dignity and respect.
Report concerns: contact us confidentially at [email protected] or call 814-267-4112. Anonymous reports are accepted by mail to Station 500.
Where we serve
One station, one mission: 176 square miles of rural Somerset County, covered around the clock.
Station 500, headquarters
721 North St, Berlin. Home base for career crews and the volunteer corps, staffed around the clock.
Rural response area
Berlin, Shanksville and New Baltimore boroughs, plus five townships across eastern Somerset County.
Event standby
Dedicated coverage for school sporting events and community gatherings across our response area.
Be part of the story
Nearly sixty years of service were built by neighbors who stepped up. The next chapter needs you.