Wolsey EMS Association

10/01/2025

Help yourself to some breakfast and also help Wolsey EMS on the first day of pheasant hunting season! Everyone welcome!

06/14/2025

06/06/2025

The Onward Wolsey organization’s recent fundraising drive and matching funds have added over $41,000 to the Wolsey EMS Ambulance rebuild project fund! More donations are coming in daily as well, raising hopes that the Wolsey EMS newly rebuilt ambulance will soon be paid off.

Wolsey EMS Association recently rebuilt their ambulance for a total cost of $153,000. Through the generosity of community and local organizations and businesses, donations to date have reached $141,360.

Kris Brandt, a member of Onward Wolsey said, “Onward Wolsey is beyond excited at the outpouring of generosity from our EMS service area! We could not have a successful project like this without the help and support from everyone. Onward Wolsey's entire purpose is to help improve areas of need in our community, and this project was one that our organization felt compelled to act upon. Our initial goal was to match funds up to $10,000, but the outpouring was so much more, and we felt it important to everyone who donated to have their money matched. This resulted in a vote that allowed Onward Wolsey to match all funds we received during the allotted time frame. We can't thank everyone enough!”

“Wolsey EMS is deeply grateful to Onward Wolsey for their efforts in this fundraising drive and appreciates all the donations, large and small, to this drive and to the organization since fundraising began for this project in 2023”, says Wolsey EMT, Caroline McGillvrey.

Wolsey EMS received the rebuilt ambulance in September of 2024 and has been operating it since then. Wolsey EMS also maintains another ambulance as a backup or in case two ambulances are needed.

Michelle Johnson of Onward Wolsey added, “We can't thank everyone enough for always supporting our organization's events and projects. Without the support for our events, we wouldn't be able to support projects like this.”

Rebuilding an ambulance means that the ambulance “box” is the same box that Wolsey EMS had on their old ambulance, but the truck that the ambulance rides upon is a 2024 model. All wiring, captain seats, electronics, etc. were replaced as well during the rebuild. It is essentially a new ambulance but at a reduced cost.

Wolsey EMS encourages anyone thinking of being an EMT to contact any EMT in Wolsey EMS, msg us on Facebook, or email [email protected]. An EMT class is planned for this coming fall.

In the picture, Onward Wolsey members present a donation to Wolsey EMS for their ambulance rebuild project. L to R: Hilary Hunt, Jadyn Kahre, EMT Pastor Scott Spiehs, EMT Lucas Jungemann, EMT Caroline McGillvrey and Kris Brandt.

05/14/2025

Would you consider completing a survey about EMS in your community for SDFMC? The SD Foundation for Medical Care is a SD organization committed to providing a helping hand to healthcare and community stakeholders who are seeking to improve the quality of healthcare in South Dakota. Here is the link to the SDFMC survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=bg00HUa5FkGjTTefFOkbj2FdLJRGfCFAgFgSNtpfl39URTI4OUNDNkJLWTczM1owRE9IQTFIRlpKQiQlQCN0PWcu

Read more about SDFMC here: https://sdfmc.org/about/

04/16/2025

Thinking of becoming an EMT? Beadle County EMS will be hosting an in-person initial EMT course this Fall of 2025. To sign up to receive more details, please scan the QR code below or click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOkyDm9twpPKpJgPODBYmvgUWcCMcZLD-UNLfsNvyYKKlb1Q/viewform

Or you can call David Jensen, Beadle County Emergency Manager at 605-353-8421 OR [email protected]

04/15/2025

A HUGE THANK YOU to all the individuals, organizations, and workplaces that have donated toward our new ambulance so far! What a privilege to serve in such a caring community!

As you can see from the thermometer below, we are getting closer to our goal. We are still accepting donations for our ambulance. So far in 2025, we have received two sizable donations from Onward Wolsey and Doug Schiltz. Thank you!

04/09/2025

Wolsey EMS recently received a grant from BASEC to purchase a digital stethoscope with noise cancellation and amplified sound to make it easier to hear heart, lung and abdominal sounds as we roll down the road in the ambulance. Thank you, BASEC!
Wolsey EMS members pictured from left to right: Pastor Scott Spiehs, Theresa Marzahn, Caroline McGillvrey, Jason Bishop, Lucas Jungemann, & David Jensen. Not pictured: Jeni Skaare, Alison Bergmann, & Colton Pullman.

03/15/2025