Originally, independenty owned and operated by Summerdale Fire Company since 1949 and West Enola Fire Company since 1954, in 1987 the two fire companies merged their ambulance services to form the corporation knowns as East Pennsboro Ambulance Service, Inc. Since 2002, EPAS has been operating independently of the fire companies, being goverened by a Board of Directors and staffed by both full and part time employees.