| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Ambulance service |
| Founded | Lafayette, Louisiana, 1971 |
| Headquarters | Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Area served | Louisiana and Jackson County, Mississippi and parts of Texas |
| Key people | Richard Zuschlag (CEO, Chairman of the Board) |
| Website | www.acadian.com |
Acadian Ambulance is an ambulance service[1] that covers most of the state of Louisiana.
Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, Acadian Ambulance maintains a fleet of more than 200 ground ambulances, as well as eight medical transport helicopters and five fixed-wing aircraft that provide aerial transport to medical facilities.
Acadian began operations in 1971 when funeral homes stopped providing ambulance service because of new, financially burdensome federal guidelines.
In addition to emergency medical services, Acadian offers an aircraft charter service, a personal medical alarm service, fire and burglar alarm service, industrial medical personnel, fire and safety technicians, and medical and industrial training, as well as billing software.
Acadian Ambulance played a role, with many other ambulance services throughout the country, in responding to various healthcare emergencies caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In the summer of 2006, Acadian expanded into southeast Texas and began providing emergency medical services in Orange County, Texas. In October 2006, Acadian acquired the assets of MetroCare EMS and began providing non-emergency transports in Travis County, Texas.
Acadian Ambulance Service also provides ALS Ambulance Service to Jackson County, Mississippi.
In October 2007, Acadian took over the service area from MetroCare in Travis and Jefferson county, in the Austin area.
In April 2009, Acadian won the contract to cover unincorporated parts of Bexar County and San Antonio.
In May 2011, Acadian purchased Central Texas Regional EMS [2]
In May 2010, Acadian acquired Stat Care EMS in Southeast Texas, adding service areas in Jasper, Newton and Sabine counties. As part of the expansion, the company established a communications center in Beaumont and now dispatches all Southeast Texas calls from that site.
Acadian also has contracted with 10 cities bordering San Antonio and in Bexar County; Castle Hills, China Grove, Fair Oaks Ranch, Grey Forest, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, St. Hedwig, Somerset, Von Ormy and Windcrest; to be the sole provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance transport.