Bonner County Ambulance District

About Us

The Bonner County Ambulance District (BCAD) is a special service taxing district that was created in 2005 by the Bonner County Commissioners to fill the need for prehospital emergency medical care, after the previous private ambulance company ceased operations.

Today BCAD employs around 45 full and part-time employees working a 48/96 shift rotation and staffing up to five Paramedic ambulances, answering nearly 5000 calls per year. Administrative and Operational staff includes the EMS Chief, Deputy Chief, three Captain/Paramedics, two Lieutenant/Paramedics and an Administrative Assistant. The ambulances are staffed at the Advanced Life Support level with Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians.

BCAD is licensed at the Critical Care level for prehospital care and requires our Captain/Paramedics to receive Critical Care Certification (FP-C, CCP-C). In addition to staffing up to 5 ambulances, BCAD has Command Staff assigned Quick Response Vehicles (QRV's) that provide first response and ALS care in the event an ambulance may be delayed or additional paramedics may be required. BCAD units are dispatched to nearly 5000 responses annually by a 911 computer-aided-dispatch center staffed with Emergency Medical Dispatchers trained in the use of APCO Dispatch Software.

The Bonner County Ambulance District currently has four (4) stations that are staffed 24/7 with a fifth station currently used for response planning purposes. The Bonner County Ambulance District also contracts other agencies in the county to provide EMS response and transport.  Current contract partner agencies are Clark Fork Valley Ambulance, Schweitzer Fire District, Priest Lake EMTs and the Kootenai County EMS System.

The Bonner County Ambulance District business meetings are held at the Bonner County Commissioners meeting room on the first and third Wednesday of the month at 11:00am.  

Contact Us: 

(P) 208-255-2194

(F) 208-263-0349

Location and Hours

Administration Office Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

EMS Station # 1 (Headquarters)
521 South Division Ave  
Suite 131
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864

EMS Station # 2
83 Airfield Way
Priest River, ID  83856

EMS Station # 3
465838 Highway 95
Sagle, ID  83860

EMS Station # 4
862 Moonflower Lane
Ponderay, ID  83852