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Motto: "Louisville's Lifeline" | |
| Established | 2005 |
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| Headquarters | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Jurisdiction | Louisville-Jefferson County |
| Total area (sq. miles) | 399 |
| Dept. type | Public |
| Employees | 300 |
| BLS or ALS | BLS/ALS tiered |
| Ambulances | 8-12 |
| Fly-cars | staffed as needed |
| Director | Edward J. Meiman, III |
| Medical director | Raymond Orthober, M.D. |
| Responses | 129,534 (2020) |
| Website | www.louisvilleky.gov/ems |
Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services is the primary provider of pre-hospital life support and emergency care within Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky. LMEMS is a governmental department that averages 90,000 calls for service, both emergency and non-emergency, each year.
The current agency executive head is Edward J. Meiman, III and the chief of service is Colonel Jesse Yarbrough, EMT-P.