The State of Maine is divided into six EMS regions. Each region has a regional office and regional medical director.
Regional Medical Director
Each regional medical director is employed by the contracted EMS regional corporation (see below). The regional medical director serves on the Maine EMS Medical Direction & Practices Board and is instrumental in the quality improvement and educational efforts within each region.
Regional Offices
The regional EMS offices are each independent not-for-profit 501(C)(3) corporations that contract with the Department of Public Safety/Maine EMS to coordinate the EMS system in their respective areas. Each region develops a work plan to provide details on how they will provide the annual goals established by the Board of EMS. Current workplans include:
- Medical Control Training and Direction
- Quality Improvement
- Training Coordination
- Regional Councils
- Public Information, Education, and Relations
- Attendance and Participation at Maine EMS Meetings
- Other Projects
Minutes and documents (below) are supplied by each region.
Aroostook EMS
Region 5 Advisory Council minutes
- August 19, 2021 (PDF)
- October 19, 2021 (PDF)
- December 21, 2021 (PDF)
- Region 5 Midyear Report (PDF)
- Region 5: Aroostook - Aroostook County
- Regional Director: AJ Gagnon
- Regional Medical Director: Beth Collamore, MD
- 207-768-2758
- aroostookregionems@gmail.com
Atlantic Partners EMS
Region 1 Advisory Council minutes
- September 22, 2021 (PDF)
Region 3 Advisory Council minutes
- September 9, 2021 (PDF)
- June 10, 2021 (PDF)
Region 4 Advisory Council minutes
- September 8, 2021 (PDF)
- June 9, 2021 (PDF)
Region 6 Advisory Council minutes
- Coming soon
- Region 1: Southern - Cumberland, Sagadahoc, and York Counties
- Regional Director: Sally Taylor
- Regional Medical Director: Michael Bohanske, MD
- 207-877-0936
- staylor@apems.org
- Region 3: Kennebec Valley - Kennebec and Somerset Counties
- Regional Director: Sally Taylor
- Regional Medical Director: Tim Pieh, MD
- 207-877-0936
- staylor@apems.org
- Region 4: Northeast - Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington Counties
- Regional Director: Sally Taylor
- Regional Medical Director: David Saquet, DO
- 207-877-0936
- staylor@apems.org
- Region 6: Midcoast - Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties
- Regional Director: Sally Taylor
- Regional Medical Director: Benjy Lowry, MD
- 207-877-0936
- staylor@apems.org
Tri-County EMS
Region 2 Advisory Council minutes
- Coming soon
- Region 2: Tri-County - Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties
- Regional Director: Joanne LeBrun
- Regional Medical Director: Seth Ritter, MD
- 207-795-2880
- lebrunj@cmhc.org