South Dakotans Deserve EMS.
Rural EMS Providers Deserve Support.
Our Focus
Building a stronger, healthier rural South Dakota.
The South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) is advancing the Rural Health Transformation Enhancing Sustainable EMS initiative through the development of EMS regional hubs. This work is focused on exploring flexible, sustainable EMS models that reflect the needs, challenges, and priorities of rural and frontier communities across our state.
Building a stronger future for EMS requires collaboration, fresh ideas, and input from the people who make EMS possible every day. Every EMS provider, agency leader, Tribal entity, educator, healthcare partner, community stakeholder, and rural healthcare advocate is invited to join the conversation!
Why It Matters
Latest EMS News & Headlines
Recent news coverage about EMS across South Dakota.
Your voice matters. Your experience matters. Your community matters.
Those closest to the work know their communities best. Their experiences, challenges, and ideas will help guide practical solutions that reflect local needs while creating opportunities to work together across the state.
Enhancing sustainable EMS is challenging. Workforce shortages, recruitment and retention, burnout, and limited resources can put pressure on the individuals and organizations communities depend on every day. Understanding community needs, exploring partnerships, and identifying opportunities for shared resources will support the people and services rural South Dakotans depend on.
Explore. connect. stay informed.
Collaboration and Resources
EMS Extras Webinars
Discover helpful tools, resources, updates, and additional information to support EMS professionals and agencies across South Dakota.
EMS Heroes or Highlights
Celebrating the dedicated individuals, teams, and organizations making a difference in EMS across South Dakota.
Regional Hub Development and Oversight Sessions
Listen to the recording to learn about project activities and approaches to identify flexible, sustainable models.
connect with us.
Let’s move forward together.
Stacie Fredenburg
Program Director
Stacie.Fredenburg@sdfmc.org
Rachel Haigh-Blume
Program Manager
Rachel.HaighBlume@sdfmc.org
Shaina Bollinger
Program Manager
Shaina.Bollinger@sdfmc.org
Tristen Koehne
Communications Manager
Tristen.Koehne@sdfmc.org
Funding Disclosure: This webpage is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, a financial assistance award totaling $719,085.11, with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the program partner and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CMS/HHS or the U.S. Government.