IDAHO GIVES has been extended this year due to covid-19
"Where action meets excellence"
OUR MISSION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
OUR MISSION
Providing Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedic support for rural/remote areas, emergency medical surge events, large mass gatherings, mass casualty incidents, Wildland fire medical services, and natural disasters.
Lifestar Rural EMS Solutions provides nationally recognized programs to assist rural regions develop Modified Rescue Task For
Providing Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedic support for rural/remote areas, emergency medical surge events, large mass gatherings, mass casualty incidents, Wildland fire medical services, and natural disasters.
Lifestar Rural EMS Solutions provides nationally recognized programs to assist rural regions develop Modified Rescue Task Forces for Active Shooter and Mass Casualty Incidents.
All our programs are geared for rural agencies to enhance their response capability.
WHO WE ARE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
OUR MISSION
LIFESTAR RURAL EMS SOLUTIONS is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation and also registered with the Idaho Secretary of State as an Idaho Nonprofit.
Lifestar Rural EMS Solutions is licensed by the Idaho Bureau of EMS as an EMS Education Program and also an ECSI (Emergency Care and Safety Institute - JBL Learning) Training and Skills Testin
LIFESTAR RURAL EMS SOLUTIONS is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation and also registered with the Idaho Secretary of State as an Idaho Nonprofit.
Lifestar Rural EMS Solutions is licensed by the Idaho Bureau of EMS as an EMS Education Program and also an ECSI (Emergency Care and Safety Institute - JBL Learning) Training and Skills Testing Center.
Lifestar Rural EMS Solutions is an ASHI (American Safety and Health Institute) Training Center teaching CPR/AED, ACLS, Emergency Medical Responder, MEDIC First Aid, as well as other Safety and Health courses.
Whether the need be for Basic Life Support training for Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) courses. Lifestar also offers more advanced training of Advanced EMT, to provide higher levels of skills, as well as advanced Optional Module training, to existing rural volunteer agencies enabling them to bring a higher level of prehospital care.
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
To provide training programs to rural agencies that cannot afford to fully fund their own training programs. Lifestar offers these free of charge, or at deeply reduced costs dependent on their training budgets.
Lifestar is a Recognized Education Partner of the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, also provides Advanced Toxicol
To provide training programs to rural agencies that cannot afford to fully fund their own training programs. Lifestar offers these free of charge, or at deeply reduced costs dependent on their training budgets.
Lifestar is a Recognized Education Partner of the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, also provides Advanced Toxicology Paramedic courses, ICS (through IC 400), and EVDT programs.
Lifestar also provides Fire Department Training in 13 disciplines, including, Basic Fire Training, Firefighter I/II, HAZMAT Awareness & Operations, Extrication Awareness & Operations, Technical Rope Rescue (to Technician) and much more!
MEDIC 1
MEDIC 1 is a Paramedic Command and Quick Response Unit for our various missions
MEDIC 21
This is our donated ambulance! A special shout out to Magic Valley Paramedics who donated it through Care Convoy!
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES!!!
EMS PART-TIME JOB OPENINGS
Looking for occasional Part-Time help in the Treasure Valley. Drivers/CPR, EMRs, EMTs, AEMTs, and Paramedics. These are hourly Independent Contractor positions. EMS personnel must be Idaho licensed by the Bureau of EMS and agree to affiliate with Lifestar Rural EMS Solutions. Drivers with current CPR certification must also be affiliated with Lifestar Rural EMS as EMS Support personnel.
The following rates apply:
Driver with current CPR certification - $12/hr
EMR - $13/hr
EMT - $15/hr
AEMT - $16/hr
Paramedic - $18/hr
Can you support our efforts?
Every true volunteer Fire/EMS service's donations are severely hampered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our donations have dropped to zero as people brace for the unknown. We've also had to stop all our public access courses that are a primary source of revenue for our programs. Can you help? Scroll down to donate!
Our needs
COULD YOU HELP WITH THE ITEMS BELOW? WE WOULD HOPE FOR SOUND VEHICLE DONATIONS TO MATCH OUR NEEDS. WE ALSO HAVE LISTED OUR BUDGETED COSTS IF NOT ABLE TO GET DONATED VEHICLES.
LIFESTAR ALSO NEEDS MONETARY ASSISTANCE FOR EVERYDAY EXPENSES. WE ARE TRUE VOLUNTEER SO YOU'RE DONATIONS GO STRAIGHT TO OPERATING EXPENSES!
About our director
Bud Paine began in the Fire Service and EMS in the mid-1970s in Arizona. He is currently an Idaho and Nationally Registered Paramedic. He is also an Idaho EMS Instructor through Paramedic 2011. 75% of his career has been dedicated to rural and remote agencies. He has also worked as a Paramedic in large urban centers in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon in the 1980s. Prior to moving to Idaho in 2015, he was the Fire Chief of a rural Arizona ALS Fire District,
SPECIAL OPERATIONS BACKGROUND
Bud is a HazMat /WMD/CBRNE/BioHazard Specialist, a Verified AHLS (Advanced HazMat Life Support) ToxMedic, a HazMat/WMD/CBRNE Large-Scale Drill Evaluator, a FEMA Instructor in ICS through the 400 level, and multiple HazMat/WMD/CBRNE and BioHazard program Instructor. He is also an Instructor for Technical Rope Rescue through the Technician level.
FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR CREDENTIALS
Bud is credentialed to instruct the following Fire Service disciplines through the EITC Fire Service Technology program:
· Basic Firefighter Training
· Firefighter I & II
· Arson Investigation & Evidence Preservation
· Emergency Vehicle Driver Training
· Extrication Awareness & Operations
· Hazardous Materials Awareness & Operations
· Incident Command System
· NFA Arson Detection for the First Responder
· NFA Courtroom Preparation & Testimony
· NFA Fire Prevention for First Responders in Small Departments
· Origin & Cause Fire Investigation
· Rope Rescue Awareness, Operations & Technician
· Rope Rescue Techniques Refresher