Welcome to Southeastern Massachusetts EMS Council!

Mission Statement

Southeastern Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. (SEMAEMS) is a regional nonprofit corporation, designated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as a committee dedicated to develop, assist, and evaluate the emergency medical services system for Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the Islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket by;

• Engaging  in activates, including training,  for the purpose of improving the delivery of prehospital emergency medical care;
• By working with the other regions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in planning and implementing a statewide EMS system;
• By appropriately integrating the Southeastern Massachusetts EMS System into the statewide system;
• By working with appropriate prehospital care provider agencies towards the development and implementation of Advanced Life Support for all communities in Southeastern Massachusetts.

As a regional corporation, the Committee seeks regular input and broad representation on its board from the communities and constituencies it serves; consumers, municipal governments, hospitals, ambulance services and other providers of emergency medical services across Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Duke and parts of Norfolk County.