The Vermont Statewide Incident Reporting Network (SIREN) is a comprehensive electronic prehospital patient care data collection, analysis, and reporting system that has been in use since 2010. EMS reporting serves several important functions, including legal documentation, quality improvement initiatives, billing, and evaluation of individual and agency performance measures. For more information or assistance, contact the EMS office by email or at (800) 244-0911.

Requests for SIREN Assistance

  • If you are an EMS provider that needs assistance with your SIREN account, contact your agency's SIREN Administrator.

  • If you are the SIREN Rescue Service Administrator for your EMS agency and need assistance, please refer to the resources on this webpage or in SIREN’s Help University before contacting the VDH EMS Office.

  • If you need additional assistance, please send an email to [email protected]

Submitting a Public Health Records Request

If you would like to submit Records Request, go to Public Records and submit a description of the information you are seeking. 

Not all requests for information are public records requests. If your request for data, records or public information, is determined to be a public records request, the following fees have been established as the actual cost of providing a copy of a public record in accordance with 1 VSA 316(d).

Demonstration Environment for Documentation

If you would like to explore SIREN Elite using the Sandbox account, there are two options:

 

 NEMSIS 3.5
(in use for patients starting 11/01/2022)		 NEMSIS 3.4
Username Sandbox22 Sandbox18
Password VTEMS22 VTEMS18

 

The NEMSIS 3.5 version will be used by all Vermont EMS Agencies no later than 01/01/2023.

The NEMSIS 3.4 version will be inactivated as of 01/01/2023.

Changes for the Transition to NEMSIS 3.5
National EMS Information System’s (NEMSIS) Data Collection

Vermont is collecting EMS data that is compliant with the National EMS Information System’s (NEMSIS) most recent version. Additional information about NEMSIS and EMS Data in the United States can be found on the NEMSIS website.

Current NEMSIS resources
Previous NEMSIS resources

 

Training and Resources
General
First Response 
Training
Software Resources
Rescue Service Administrator Resources
SIREN Data Briefs
General 
2022
2018
2017
2016 and Prior
Hospital Hub

Hospital Hub is a web-based emergency medical services portal where hospital emergency departments can receive EMS records of patients transported to their facility.

 

Topics:
Emergency Response
Last Updated: May 31, 2023