Our EMS system is filled with exceptional people who make a difference each and every day.  The Wyoming-Erie Regional EMS Council is dedicated to recognizing individuals and agencies that make positive contributions.

Below, please find a list of categories for which an individual or agency receives a regional award and subsequent nomination for the NYS award.  Please consider submitting names throughout the year so no good deed goes unnoticed!

Nominations should be e-mailed to the Wyoming-Erie Regional EMS Council Chairman, Greg Gill, at: shockemx3@aol.com  Please be sure to include information as follows:

  1. Name of individual/agency being nominated (must be in Erie or Wyoming County)
  2. Reason for nomination
  3. Description of contribution/impact to EMS
  4. Name and contact e-mail/phone for person submitting the nomination

 

Award categories are as follows:

  • Basic Life Support Provider of the Year

           Eligibility:  NYS certified CFR or EMT-B

  • Advanced Life Support Provider of the Year

           Eligibility:  NYS certified EMT-I, EMT-CC, EMT-P.

  • EMS Agency of the Year

           Eligibility:  NYS EMS agency that includes, but is not limited to, an ambulance service, ALSFR or BLSFR participating in their local EMS System.

  • Youth Provider of the Year

           Eligibility:  NYS certified CFR or First Aid certified and affiliated with a first response agency (fire, EMS, police).

  • Harriet C. Weber EMS Leadership Award

           Eligibility:  EMS Agency leader; local, county, regional, state EMS leader; medical/nursing/or career EMS leader.

  • EMS Educator of Excellence

           Eligibility:  EMS educator or equivalent.

  • EMS Communications Specialist of the Year

           Eligibility:  Employee or volunteer with an organized dispatch center in New York State.

  • Registered Nurse of Excellence

           Eligibility:  NYS licensed registered nurse serving the EMS System.

  • Physician of Excellence

           Eligibility:  NYS licensed physician serving an EMS system

  • Excellence in EMS Quality and Safety

           Eligibility:  Applicant is a NYS based EMS service or individual provider.