Northern Ireland Ambulance Service

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS, Irish: Seirbhís Otharchairr Thuaisceart Éireann) is an ambulance service that serves the whole of Northern Ireland, approximately 1.9 million people. As with other ambulance services in the United Kingdom, it does not charge its patients directly for its services, but instead receives funding through general taxation. It responds to medical emergencies in Northern Ireland with the 300-plus ambulance vehicles at its disposal. Its fleet includes mini-buses, ambulance officers' cars, support vehicles, RRVs and accident and emergency ambulances.

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
Established1 April 1995
HeadquartersBelfast
Region servedNorthern Ireland
Area size5,345 square miles (13,840 km2)
Population1.9 million
Establishments46 stations and deployment points
ChairMichele Larmour
Chief executiveMichael Bloomfield
Staff1,300 (2018/19)
Websitenias.hscni.net
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