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:
- Name of individual/agency being nominated (must be in Erie or Wyoming County)
- Reason for nomination
- Description of contribution/impact to EMS
- 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.