Mission The mission of the Arrowhead Emergency Medical Services Association is to function as the lead EMS planning agency in NE Minnesota. The Association initiates regional planning and operations which address essential components and elements of a regional EMS system. Its purpose is to decrease morbidity and mortality from emergency and critical incidents, through facilitating, evaluating and implementing EMS activities. The Association strives to promote better public understanding of EMS in NE Minnesota and surrounding areas.

Vision Arrowhead Emergency Medical Services Association provides excellence in leadership for the provision of quality patient care by EMS providers within Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Koochiching, Itasca, Lake and St. Louis, the seven counties of NE Minnesota, and Douglas County of Wisconsin.