Council Honors Medshore for 50 years of Service

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

Anderson County Council marked a half-century of emergency medical service Tuesday, honoring Medshore founder Greg Shore for what he called “a dream” career built on partnerships, accreditation and countless lives saved. The recognition came during the county council meeting at the Anderson Civic Center, where Shore said the 50 years since he launched the private ambulance company have “gone by so fast,” crediting employees and local partners for the company’s success and its role in the county’s EMS system.

Shore said he never imagined, starting out in the ambulance business, that he would someday be standing in a civic center being honored for a half-century of service to Anderson County. He described the milestone as “like a dream” and emphasized that Medshore’s growth has been driven by the people around him rather than by any individual accomplishment.

Calling his colleagues “all my family,” Shore said that includes county EMS employees, hospital system staff and Medshore crews, who he described as working together as partners rather than as separate entities. He said he is especially proud of the level of service that collective team now provides to the community, noting that the collaboration between public and private responders has strengthened patient care countywide.

Shore highlighted the appearance of Randy and Nina, a couple invited to the ceremony so Randy could personally thank the first responders who saved his life. He said their story is one of “too many to count” over the decades, adding that “there’s nothing more special than saving a life” and that moments like that keep the work meaningful even as the years pass quickly.

Medshore is an accredited ambulance company, a status Shore described as the “gold standard” in the industry and a benchmark he said reflects years of investment in training, equipment and protocols. He praised Anderson County Council for funding and supporting a high-quality EMS program, saying that backing has helped Medshore and county EMS maintain standards that draw attention from across South Carolina and beyond.

Shore noted that the county’s EMS system was overhauled about four years ago, shifting from what he described as a “fragmented system” to a unified model that continues to mature . He said multiple counties now come to Anderson to study how the system operates, pointing to that interest as evidence that the partnerships among Medshore, county EMS and hospital providers are working as intended.