DEDICATION OF STATE’S FIRST LEED-CERTIFIED EMS SERVICE FACILITY

City officials join Life EMS’ leadership in a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the dedication ceremony of Michigan’s first LEED-certified EMS facility.  (From left to right) Life EMS Ambulance’s President, Mark Meijer; Maddie Jordan-Woods, Executive Director for The North Side Association for Community Development; Peggy Dale, Level II Paramedic for Life EMS Ambulance; Life EMS Ambulance’s Vice President, Ken Morris; Mayor of Kalamazoo Bobby Hopewell; Libby Heiny-Cogswell, Oshtemo Township Supervisor; Brian Scribner, Director of Southern Operations for Life EMS Ambulance; and Chief Operating Officer of CSM Group Mark Roys.

DEDICATION OF STATE’S FIRST LEED-CERTIFIED EMS SERVICE FACILITY
Speakers at the dedication ceremony included Mayor of Kalamazoo Bobby Hopewell; President of Life EMS Ambulance Mark Meijer; and Director of Southern Operations for Life EMS Ambulance Brian Scribner.

Life EMS Ambulance continues growth in Ionia County

Life EMS Ambulance officials and local dignitaries broke ground on a 3,070-square-foot, $300,000 station at 1050 James St. in Belding, Mich. on April 29. The new, dedicated, single-story facility will be located on 6.69 acres in northeastern Ionia County. Pictured (from left to right) Mike VanGessel, CEO and president of Rockford Construction; Mark Meijer, president of Life EMS Ambulance; Roger Wills, Mayor of Belding; Randy DeBruine, Belding city manager; Dale Nelson, Belding chief of police and Jani Millard, Director of Life EMS Ambulance’s Eastern Division.

The new Life EMS Belding station is strategically located to provide ambulance service to the more than 12,000 residents in Keene, Orleans and Otisco townships as well as the city of Belding.  The station is part of an overall ambulance service coverage plan for Ionia County which also includes the station at 350 West Washington Street in the city of Ionia. In all, Life EMS serves more than 3,500 square miles of West Michigan, including Grand Rapids/Kent, Portage/Kalamazoo, Ottawa, Ionia, Newaygo, Lake, Mason and Allegan counties.  

 Life EMS medics stand by for the arrival of the President during a recent West Michigan visit.