AmeriPro EMS announced it has purchased Ambulance Service Inc., an independently owned mainstay in the Jacksonville area for 54 years.

AmeriPro EMS is one of the fastest-growing emergency medical services transport companies in the country and has services in Florida and Georgia.

“We are the next-generation of EMS and we are bringing a totally different model of mobile-integrated health care EMS to Florida,” said Larry J. Richardson, a paramedic/firefighter and AmeriPro chief operating officer and executive vice president. “Our well-trained and experienced staff as well as our management team are committed to an unparalleled patient experience defined by advanced technologies and an impassioned and deeply committed staff of first responders whose work is their life and life is their work.”