This is a non-profit, non-sectarian, voluntary, private organization incorporated for the following:

1. To provide an organized and unified voice for ambulance services to intermediaries, legislators and regulatory bodies.
   
2. To develop and promote a code of ethics for ambulance services.
   
3. To provide for the exchange of appropriate information with those interested in ambulance services and pre-hospital medical care.
   
4. To promote understanding, cooperation and communication among ambulance services.
   
5. To develop and promote professionalism and quality standards of patient care and assurance of quality in the ambulance industry.
   
6. To initiate, sponsor and promote educational programs, cost-saving projects and research in the ambulance industry.
   
7. To assemble and disseminate information about the issues and needs of ambulance services.
   
8. To establish cooperative liaison activities with other associations and governmental agencies interested in the improvement of emergency medical care for the benefit of all providers of ambulance care in general.
   
9. To promote health and safety in the state of South Dakota.