WVEMS e-NEWSLETTER - October 23, 2025
WVEMS e-NEWSLETTER – October 23, 2025
WVEMS 3rd Annual Mini Symposium
Western Virginia EMS Council will host its 3rd Annual Mini Symposium. It will be held in Fairlawn Virginia at the Pulaski County Innovation Center November 7th-9th. Registration is open. Click Here to Register!
Join us for this local and free CE event with lunch provided!
Regional EMS Awards - Recognize Your Heroes!
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The time has come to open nominations for the 2025 WVEMS Regional EMS Awards and Scholarship! Click here for more information and to find the nomination forms; please email completed forms to wvawards@PROTECTED Recognize your heroes for these awards! Nominations will close December 12, 2025. Nominations are being accepted in the following categories:
- Excellence in EMS (Capstone award for long-time service and dedication to the field of EMS)
- Outstanding EMS Telecommunicator/Dispatcher
- Outstanding EMS Educator
- Outstanding EMS Leadership
- Physician with Outstanding Contribution to EMS
- Outstanding EMS Provider
- Outstanding EMS Agency
- Outstanding Contribution to EMS for Children
- Scholarship for Outstanding Contribution to EMS by a High School Senior
Special WVEMS Regional Award: Once again, you have the opportunity to nominate someone for the Regional "WVEMS Benny Summerlin Award for Service to Local Government" This very special award honors Benny Summerlin (1958-2012), a public servant who dedicated 40 years of his life to service in EMS, including serving as a WVEMS board member and president.
Regional winners will be nominated for statewide Governor’s awards.
NASCAR Race Help Needed - Martinsville
Ridgeway District Volunteer Rescue Squad is looking for certified and released EMS providers only for the NASCAR race this weekend.
Click here to register or reach out to Captain Travis Pruitt at tpruitt@PROTECTED with any questions.
Radford University at Carilion – Spring EMT
Please find the attached flyer for the upcoming Spring EMT Course for Radford University at Carilion. Application Deadline is January 5th, 2026, with the course beginning on January 13, 2026.
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