History

In November of 1973 the Lowell Town Board held a meeting to discuss renewing a contract with Superior Ambulance Service. Present at this meeting were: Town board members, trustees from the three townships in the area, concerned citizens of the community and members of the Lowell Volunteer Fire Department. It was of the general consensus of all in attendance to find a way to have an ambulance in the Town of Lowell to service the entire Three Creek Area.

The trustees of the three townships, West, Cedar, and Eagle formed the Tri-Creek Ambulance Service Agency, Inc. a not for profit organization. With the help of many service organizations and state grant money the first ambulance was paid for and the operating expenses covered for the remainder of 1974. The Lowell Lions club donated $8,000 to pay off the first ambulance purchased. The Lowell Rotary Club took the responsibility to raise the operating funds for 1974. The Lowell Volunteer Fire Department, agreed to house the ambulance and personnel at the fire station and would also provide E.M.T.'s to assist the full-time employees with emergency calls on a volunteer basis.

Tri-Creek E.M.S. officially began offering services on May 1, 1974 with two full-time employees and fire department volunteers. The two-full time employees were John A. Eskridge Jr. and Dwight J. Rench. After two weeks of operation a third employee was added who was Kelly Burgess.

Tri-Creek E.M.S. is under the direction of a board of 14 trustees who serve due to their respective positions which are made up as follows: The West Creek township trustee and advisory board, the Cedar Creek township trustee and advisory board and the Eagle Creek township trustee and advisory board. There is also an individual from the Lowell Town Council and the Schneider Town Board. The Ambulance board has chosen to elect an executive committee made up of the three elected trustees and a chairman of that committee. The purpose of the committee is to oversee the day-to-day operations of the service in conjunction with the manager of the service.

We currently have three fully equipped, advanced life support units. Two are staffed 24/7, the third is for special events, coverage while a primary ambulance is in the shop, and for use by on call personnel when the two primary rigs are out on calls. Our medical control is with St. Anthony's Hospital of Crown Point, Indiana. We strive to bring the most advanced medical care and technology to the citizens of the Tri-Creek area.
We have an excellent working relationship with the fire departments in our service area; including Lowell, Lake Dalecarlia, Shelby and Schneider and Hebron.

We serve the largest area in all of Lake County Indiana.