About

PEOPLE FIRST. PERSONAL CARE. EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.

First Call Ambulance was founded in Nashville, TN in early 2004. Since then, we have expanded to provide medical transport services throughout Tennessee. Our team now includes over 300 employees and well over 60 ambulances and support vehicles. We are one of the largest providers of medical transport services in Tennessee. We offer a range of medical transport options designed to fit the needs of our patients, their families, hospital partners and municipalities.

Each year, we respond to in excess of 50,000 requests for our medical transport services, and we will continue to grow in communities in which our mission of “Transporting Patients with Personal Care and Exceptional Service” can fill a vital need for medical transport services.




COMPANY HISTORY

  • 2004
    First Call Ambulance was founded in Nashville, TN.
  • 2012
    First Call awarded the 9-1-1 contract for Cocke County.
  • 2017
    First Call’s contract with Cocke is renewed for an additional five year term. 
  • 2019
    Completed a major upgrade of the communications center with artificial intelligence-assisted dispatching and were highlighted on AT&T’s national Innovation Blog.
  • 2021
    First Call Ambulance becomes a member of the Priority Ambulance family of companies.
  • TODAY
    First Call Ambulance has more than 300 EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers & support staff serving more than 50,000 patients each year with 54 ambulances and emergency vehicles.

Service Area

First Call Ambulance provides emergency and nonemergency transport services to communities throughout Tennessee, including the greater Nashville area, as well as Clarksville, Dickson, Gallatin, Smyrna, Columbia and Lebanon.

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Corporate Values

Trust built with communities, medical facility partners, patients and employees is at the heart of our company. We build that trust by infusing into every aspect our core values of S.A.F.E – Safe. Accountable. Friendly. Efficient. When we deliver on our core values, our customers experience the key attributes of service and quality care that present as our employees being professional, courteous and on-time. The consistent delivery of this service over time builds the trust of our community members and customers that is essential to our success as a member of the Priority Ambulance family of companies.

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LEADERSHIP TEAM


LEADERSHIP TEAM

SCOTT YATESPRESIDENT & CEO
KEITH DOUGLASCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
KAYLA BAKERHR MANAGER / SCHEDULING
RENEE LAMBORNDIRECTOR OF REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
NICK GRAHAMIT/SYSTEMS MANAGER
ALECIA JOHNSONCOMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
ROBIN SMITHTRAINING DIRECTOR
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Meet the Priority Ambulance Family of Companies

Priority Ambulance is a dynamic, rapidly growing company with current operations in 13 states. The company has been listed for four consecutive years on the Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America. More than half of the company’s 610,000 annual patient transports are in response to a public call to 9-1-1, while the balance of our transports originate through requests from health care facilities. Throughout its national service area, approximately 4,100 highly trained paramedics and EMTs staff a fleet of 830 state-of-the-art ambulances and support vehicles with the latest medical equipment and technology.

The Priority Ambulance family of companies has served and built trust in their communities for decades. We believe in the importance of preserving our companies’ legacies and cultures by keeping the leadership, company names and brands in place when they join our family. Each local operation is autonomous in its decision-making and is supported with additional capital, resources and expertise from the national leadership team, as well as its sister companies.

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