Southwest Harbor - Tremont Ambulance Service
News
Notice of Annual Meeting:
The Southwest Harbor-Tremont Nursing Service will hold its annual meeting at 5:30 pm on Monday, May 19, 2025 at the Southwest Harbor Library. Attendance is also available via Zoom. All residents and/or landowners in Southwest Harbor or Tremont are members of this organization incorporated in 1961, and all are welcome to attend. This is the “parent organization” of the EMS Service now operating under the name Southwest Harbor-Tremont Ambulance Service. The agenda at this annual meeting will include election of board members and officers for the coming year. The annual meeting of the Nursing Service will be immediately followed by the monthly meeting of the Ambulance Service Board, at which guests are also welcome.
A Zoom link will be available HERE before the meeting.
Mini Golf Tournament – 2025
The Southwest Harbor-Tremont Ambulance Service will host our Third Annual Mini Golf Tournament at the Golf of Maine course on Saturday, June 14. Once again this year, the event will feature music, food, raffles, and great fun while putting for prizes and glory! Mark your calendar and line up your team of four players for this year’s tourney! Details later on this site.
VISION AND MISSION
The Southwest Harbor – Tremont Nursing Service, also known as the Southwest Harbor – Tremont Ambulance Service, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide the citizens and visitors of Tremont and Southwest Harbor with quality emergency medical services. In collaboration with healthcare partners and other public safety agencies, and through community outreach, the Southwest Harbor – Tremont Ambulance Service supports and promotes the health and general welfare of all citizens and visitors in our communities
OPERATIONS
The Ambulance Service is proud to provide year-round, 24-hour emergency medical services to the residents and visitors of Southwest Harbor and Tremont. The Service office is staffed with an EMS provider, and a driver on call from home, twenty-four hours a day. The Service maintains two ambulances, one downtown and the second at the SWH Firehouse. SWHTAS runs approximately 500 calls per year, and supports neighboring towns and agencies through mutual aid.
The Service is licensed by Maine Emergency Medical Services and is a member of the Maine Ambulance Association.