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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE

Valor EMS is a privately owned advanced life support ambulance company based out of Arkadelphia, AR. We are primarily an ambulance service that provides transportation for patients needing to be transferred from one facility to another or long distance transports that are difficult for the local ambulance services to complete. We also respond to 911 emergencies in our local areas as a backup resource for the primary 911 response ambulance services. We employ only the highest caliber of employees to care for you. Our team has a wide diversity of EMS backgrounds including but not limited to rural EMS, metro EMS, fire based EMS, military medical operations, in-hospital care, air medical and critical care transport.

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Office: 870-464-1088 | Fax: 888-464-0905 | Non-Emergent Dispatch: 888-404-0367 | FOR EMERGENCIES CALL 911

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  • What we do

We Help Save Lives in Medical Emergencies

Every second counts during an emergency. Our trained responders act fast, with the tools and training needed to handle any situation.

Compassion in Every Call

We treat every emergency as if it were our own family — with urgency, empathy, and professionalism.

24/7 Response You Can Trust

From trauma support to cardiac arrests, we provide rapid response and stabilization before hospital transfer.

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Dedicated Team of Experts

Keith Calhoun

Paramedic
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Morgan Richanne Barker

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
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Sarah Womble

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
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Ricky Clark

Paramedic
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William Joey Nicks

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
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Victoria Cheatham

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
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JD Windham

Co-Founder/CEO
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Kristen Windham

Co-Founder
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Melina Jenkins

Paramedic
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Keith Calhoun

I am a paramedic at Valor EMS. I have lived in Arkadelphia for the last 5 years. After years of working dead end jobs I was looking for a career. A good friend of mine talked me into the EMT program at UAHT.

After passing the course, I was then encouraged to attend the Paramedic program at UAHT by the instructor. I have always been the type of person that wanted to help people and this profession allows me to do that on a regular and more substantial basis than I ever thought possible. I have a beautiful wife and two children.

When I’m not on the ambulance I enjoy playing with my kids, cooking for friends and family, video games and fishing (and whatever projects my wife has planned for me to do).

Morgan Richanne Barker

My name is Morgan Barker. I have been in the EMS industry for 14 years. I am currently a EMT at Valor EMS. I peaked an interest into EMS because my mother suffered from a brain aneurysm when I was 10 years old and tragically passed away. Watching the EMS crew rush in and fight to try and save her life I knew that I wanted to be like them and try and save people too. My career thus far has been rewarding and challenging. You see people at their worst and you see them at the best. When I am not working I spend time with my wife and kids enjoying every moment.

Sarah Womble

Hi, I’m Sarah. I’ve been an EMT for almost 7 years and currently working my way through paramedic school. Valor has been my home for two years now and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I see EMS as a way to seek redemption from my God for the terrible way I lived my life. I chose EMS because I want to be the reason someone’s life didn’t end because they weren’t listened to or even give someone the respect they deserve at the end of their life.

My childhood was rough, and I want children to see that there are people to care, that it does get better. I want to be the difference in someone’s emergency. Outside of all the chaos of EMS, I enjoy reading, hanging out with my teenage daughter and cuddling my massive Great Dane while we binge watch TV. When the weather’s nice, I do like to go motorcycle riding and occasionally camp or hit the lake.

Ricky Clark

I started EMS after taking a EMT class at HSU, the ER administrator of the local hospital asked if I wanted a job, because I was volunteering so much just to get experience. I was 19, my first experience was as a unit clerk, then on a BLS unit. Finally the service opened up stations in Bismarck and Gurdon and I got my full time position, got married and have 3 children, worked on the unit for 16 years, and decided to expand my education. Took an Advanced class at Hope and passed the new computer test, until then they were paper — big envelope good, little envelope bad. As soon as that certificate was on the wall I signed up for a paramedic class in El Dorado.

In my late 30s I had developed a new desire to learn and grow in the industry and with a year-long commitment I passed. Once I was cut loose to run the calls in the back by myself, I branched out and took on other part-time jobs just to get experience — one of the best choices I’ve made. Stayed with this job 33 years until the company sold the service, reached out to an old friend of mine who was actually my partner when I went through medic school and asked if he had a spot on his relatively new service. Without hesitation he hired me on. Been on the Clark Co unit ever since.

This is my home. The people I serve are my friends, family, neighbors. This is my calling.

William Joey Nicks

In December 2009, a life-changing moment set the course for my future. My sister was rescued by Baptist Ambulance and the Bismarck Fire Department after a serious accident—a moment that lit a fire in me to give back the same kind of care and dedication that saved her life. The very next month, in January 2010, I joined the Fire Department and earned my First Responder certification. I made myself a promise: if I passed, I’d pursue my EMT license when the time was right.

That promise became a reality on my birthday in 2013, when I officially became a licensed EMT.

Today, I proudly serve as an EMT with Valor, where I’m part of a team that feels more like family. We work side by side, not just responding to emergencies, but supporting one another in every call, every shift, every challenge.

Outside the uniform, I’m a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. My greatest joy comes from spending time with my wife, our children, and our grandkids—and when I’m not with them, you’ll find me outside, working in the yard and finding peace in the rhythm of a well-kept lawn.

Every day I get to serve my community is a reminder of why I started—and why I’ll never stop.

Victoria Cheatham

 My name is Victoria Cheatham, and I am currently working as an EMT-B for Valor Ambulance Service. I have been a certified EMT for almost 13 years. I am 32 years old and Married to my paramedic husband for almost 8 years now. I have a 9-year-old son and a 14 year old daughter. I spend my free time at the ballpark watching my son play baseball, finding new artsy or crafting hobbies to try out, and anything outdoors when the weather is nice. 

I started my EMS career by going through the EMT rookie school at MEMS Ambulance service in Little Rock. My great uncle and grand father both worked in EMS when EMS was still new in Arkansas. My grandfather drove an ambulance and my uncle worked as an EMT in Cabot, Ar. When I was in highschool, my dad went through EMT school for the knowledge and pay incentive offered by the police department he was employed with at the time. After I graduated high school, my dad encouraged me to apply for the Rookie school at MEMS just to give it a try and because they paid you while you went to school. 

13 years later, EMS is my calling. I truly love my job and enjoy helping people. Every call isn’t the exciting stories you hear about on the news, sometimes you can impact a person’s life just by taking the time to talk with them. As EMS workers it isn’t or job to dictate what is an “Emergency” and what isn’t. Our job is to be there when we’re called and bring light to each person’s darkest moment in life.