SA Ambulance Service

SA Ambulance Service
Agency overview
Formed1993
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction South Australia
Headquarters205 Greenhill Road, Eastwood SA 5063
Employees
  • ~1600 salaried
  • ~1200 volunteers
Agency executive
  • Robert Elliott ASM MStJ, Chief Executive Officer
Parent agencySA Health
Child agency
WebsiteOfficial website

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is a State Government agency under SA Health, that provides emergency ambulance transport, clinical care and non emergency patient transport services to over 1.5 million people, distributed across an area of 1,043,514 square kilometres in South Australia, Australia.

The service employs approximately 1600 people, and utilizes 1200 volunteers, working out of 105 locations, operating 385 ambulance vehicles to provide emergency, non-emergency, aeromedical, rescue and retrieval services across the entire state.