Emergency Services

Woodbury County Emergency Services is an automatic aid service that is dispatched to all EMS calls involving the fourteen rural Woodbury County communities. We provide tiered response level Advanced Life Support/Basic Life Support level care, equipment, and support to assist the twelve transport services and the two first responder groups on medical emergencies and accidents. The department works closely with the volunteer departments to provide excellent care for residents of Woodbury County. We also do provide fire ground support to the fourteen rural fire departments with mobile cascade system to fill self contained breathing equipment, scene lighting, extrication support, and grassland fire suppression. Woodbury County is the 6th most populated county in the state of Iowa with the 3rd largest county covering 873 square miles. The major rural roadways consist of I-29, state highways 20, 31, 140, 141 and highway 75. Daily staffing consists of a minimum of one paramedic and one EMT 24/7, 365 days of the year. Woodbury County Emergency Services has been proudly operating from Climbing Hill, Iowa since 1993.