Ridge Ambulance and EMS brings care to your door

Committed to serving our community in the Chicagoland area since 1995

Ridge Ambulance and EMS is family-owned. That means whether you're heading to or from an immediate care center, physician office or dialysis center you can expect to receive more personalized care, attention, and support. We treat you like family rather than just another patient.

Join our Ridge EMS Team

We’re a growing team always looking for friendly, hard-working, individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of the people they serve. Join our team and help us make a difference in our community.

Join our Ridge EMS Team

We’re a growing team always looking for friendly, hard-working, individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of the people they serve. Join our team and help us make a difference in our community.

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Advanced Life Support Ambulance

Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances transport patients who need a higher level of care during transport above those services provided by a BLS ambulance.

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Basic Life Support

Our friendly and caring staff provide emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation. We utilize industry-leading, state-of-the-art, equipment to help ensure patients are comfortable and safe.

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Med-Van Services

We provide personal and on-time transportation for patients who do not meet the ‘Medical Necessity’ classification. Our med-vans carry up to 3 Liters of oxygen for our patients.

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Speciality Care Transports

We’ve built our reputation on providing for our patient’s needs. Our specialty care transports carry Zoll monitors and ventilators, expanded scope medications, and an IVAC infusion pump – capable of maintaining three simultaneous medications.

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Critical Care

The Ridge Critical Care Team is available to transport critically ill or injured patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We provide rapid access to healthcare for these patients when time, specialized skills, or specialized resources are crucial to the patients’ outcome or survival.

Providing Emergency Medical Services in the Greater Chicagoland Area

Ridge EMS offers a full suite of medical transportation services in Dupage, Will, Kane, DeKalb, Kendall, Grundy, Ogle, Lee, Lasalle and Bureau counties

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EMT Training Program

A comprehensive and specialized training program that offers a guaranteed job upon completion. Our program not only offers exceptional training, but it also provides the added benefit of job security and financial support.  Make a difference in the lives of others while building a rewarding and fulfilling career in emergency medical services.

Trusted by our Community

Learn how Ridge EMS helps the Greater Chicago Area

Ridge Ambulance Dispatch feels like the heart of the company. Every aspect of EMS seeps into our day-to-day tasks. Dispatching can be intense and stressful, but the Ridge family has your back. We're your first check-in and last check-out of the day so I feel like I know a little bit about everyone that walks through our doors. Ridge Dispatch is a great opportunity to further your knowledge of not only EMS dispatching, but also the overall workings of private EMS. It's a position one could make a career out of or use as a steppingstone into other medical pursuits.

- Toni (Dispatcher)

Ridge ambulance is a company that is big enough to have safe stable employment and small enough to not feel lost in its bureaucracy. Ridge is a diverse and non judgemental workplace. I've worked at companies where it felt like an adversarial atmosphere among peers and management, where I felt like I was under a microscope constantly. At Ridge I am respected and given the freedom and support able to develop professionally. Ridge appreciates my dedication and commitment and has reciprocated that commitment when home life has taken priority.

- Matthew McClane (CCEMTP)

EMS Frequently Asked Questions

All you need to know about our emergency medical services

We are a family owned and operated. We provide emergency transportation to scheduled transportation from skilled nursing facilities, Immediate care centers, Phyicians offices, Dialysis centers, and more.

Our dispatch is available 24/7 to schedule appointments.

If the patient can walk or is in a wheelchair, transportation other than an ambulance should be utilized. If the patient is bed bound, cannot sit for an extended period or needs assistance to transfer, an ambulance is utilized. In all emergencies, an ambulance is utilized.

No. Call 9-1-1 immediately in case of an emergency. There is no guarantee that Ridge Ambulance has an emergency vehicle in your area and any areas in which Ridge does provide such emergency coverage, ALL calls will still be handled by your local municipality emergency system and forwarded by them to our dispatch.

Still have more questions?

Get in touch with us

Whether you need to schedule a pickup, have questions about our services or want additional information on our EMT Training Program, our team of caring professionals will get back to you promptly. If this is an emergency, please call 911.