- Established as Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois (AMTCI) in 1991.
- AMT was founded by three Peoria hospitals (OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Proctor Hospital, Methodist Hospital).
- AMT is a not-for-profit community organization.
- AMT is governed by a local board of healthcare, business, and community leaders.
- An AMT ambulance generally arrives on scene within 5 minutes, but in less than 9 minutes, at least 90% of the time.
- AMT is “waiting in the wings” of your neighborhood.
- AMT uses System Status Management for ambulance deployment. This is a strategy, based upon state of the art computer technology, which predicts high-incident hours and locations.
- AMT maintains 32 ALS (Advanced Life Support) ambulances in our fleet.
- AMT operates facilities in Peoria, Dubuque, Pekin, Streator and Mercer County.
- AMT runs the largest ambulance fleet in the Central Illinois area.
- AMT houses a Communications Center equipped with advanced technology including CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch), AVL (Satellite Vehicle Locating), GPS and Routing.
- All ambulance units maintain continuous contact with the Communications Center via mobile data messaging devices.
