FAMILY BUSINESS
SINCE
1979
MEDIC AMBULANCE
Family Business Serves with Passion and Compassion
Pictured ( L-R ): James Pierson , President / COO ; Sandra Whaley , VP-Communications ; Helen Pierson , CEO ; Cindy McBride , VP-Quality ; Kristi Kendall-Jones , VP-Finance
Medic Ambulance provides ambulance services in Yolo , Sacramento , Napa , El Dorado , Placer , Sutter and Yuba counties and has been the exclusive 911 ambulance provider for Solano County ( with the exception of Vacaville ) since 1999 .
“ When we were established in 1979 , we had five employees and two ambulances , and today we employ nearly 350 employees and operate a fleet of more than 130 vehicles ,” says Helen Pierson , CEO .
Medic is one of just 190 ambulance companies nationwide to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services — out of more than 16,000 eligible companies — and one of just 225 agencies to earn international accreditation by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch as an Accredited Center of Excellence .
The company provides Advanced Life Support , Basic Life Support , Critical Care Transport , wheelchair and gurney van services . Medic is also one of 18 pilot sites statewide conducting a Community Paramedicine program , which provides
services to patients after hospital release and works with them on their overall health .
Founded by Rudy Manfredi and his parents , Harry and Giannina Manfredi , Medic is a locally-owned immigrant family business . Rudy Manfedi ’ s sister , Helen Pierson , now serves as CEO and his daughter , Kristi Kendall-Jones , is now vice president for finance . Pierson ’ s daughters Cindy McBride and Sandy Whaley serve as vice president for quality assurance and vice president for communications , respectively , and her son , James Pierson , serves as president and chief operating officer .
“ Our passion is service ,” James Pierson says . “ We love our profession , our community and our employees . We want to provide excellent service that is local and for our patients to know that we will treat them like family . We were founded by Italian immigrants who put everything on the line to start this business and the sacrifices over the last 42 years have built us into who we are today .”
“ We love our profession , our community and our employees . We want to provide excellent service that is local and for our patients to know that we will treat them like family .”
— JAMES PIERSON
President
M edic Ambulance
Excellence in EMS Since 1979
506 Couch Street Vallejo , CA 94590
( 707 ) 644-1761 www . medicambulance . net
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