{"id":319,"date":"2024-03-25T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:11:13","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/ems\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"319\" class=\"elementor elementor-319\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717aca2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"717aca2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85f23f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85f23f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;580&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/hca.venturacounty.gov\\\/public-health\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Ventura-City-Fire.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;579&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/hca.venturacounty.gov\\\/public-health\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/VC-Fire-Dept.jpg&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;343&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/hca.venturacounty.gov\\\/public-health\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/OXD-Fire.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2bb764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2bb764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who We Are<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4b6602 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4b6602\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-325 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/EMS-Logo.png\" alt=\"EMS Logo\" width=\"135\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/EMS-Logo.png 184w, https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/EMS-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/elementor\/thumbs\/EMS-Logo-150x150.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/>As a division of the Public Health Department, the Ventura County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency provides system guidance and oversight through pre-hospital provider driven policy development and a comprehensive quality improvement program. The EMS Agency also is responsible for ensuring pre-hospital personnel excellence through training, certification, accreditation, and continuing education programs. The EMS Agency oversees the development and coordination of the countywide hospital specialty care systems and works to maintain a constant state of emergency preparedness through a disaster planning process with all system stakeholders. The Ventura County EMS System annually handles over 75,000 emergency medical calls for service resulting in over 55,000 patient transports to local hospitals. The Ventura County EMS Agency is proud to serve the citizens of Ventura County along with our numerous allied agencies and dedicated healthcare professionals.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EMS Agency Contact<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2220+E+Gonzales+Rd+%23200,+Oxnard,+CA+93036\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80e84c0fab2ce097:0xff25338b3eb59a0c?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:242&amp;ictx=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2220 E. Gonzales Rd, Suite 200<\/a><br \/>Oxnard, CA 93036<br \/>Main: 805-981-5301<br \/>Fax: 805-981-5300<br \/><a href=\"mailto:emsagency@ventura.org\">emsagency@ventura.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMS Calendar EMS System Performance PSC Meetings Critical Incident Stress Management Cardiac Arrest Survivors Support Emergency Preparedness As a division of the Public Health Department, the Ventura County Emergency Medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":788,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}