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Excellence in EMS for service in 2021 Awards

Webmaster — Tue, 10 May 2022 21:18:10 +0000

EMS Hero- Mike Lopez (SFD), Tom Chavez (SCFD8), Kasey Austin (SFD) (not pictured: Mike Dawson (SFD), Cindy Pavlischak)

EMS Hero award winners: Mike Lopez (Spokane Fire Department), Tom Chavez (Spokane County Fire District 8), Kasey Austin (Spokane Fire Department), (not pictured: Mike Dawson (Spokane Fire Department), Tim R. Loncon (Spokane County Fire District 3) & Cindy Pavlischak)

Special Services- Sarah Foley (SFD CARES)

Special Services award winner: Sarah Foley (Spokane Fire Department C.A.R.E.S) with EMS Council Vice Chair, Gino Palomino

EMS Instructor- Shaun Pitts (EMS Connect)

EMS Instructor award winner: Shaun Pitts (EMS Connect) with EMS Council Chair, Tom Chavez

Telecommunicator- Veronica Hamm (SREC)

Telecommunicator award winner: Veronica Hamm (SREC) with EMS Council Vice Chair, Gino Palomino

Safety- Tom Chavez (SCFD8)

Safety award winner: Tom Chavez (SCFD8) with EMS Council Vice Chair, Gino Palomino

EMS Agency- SCFD8

EMS Agency winner: Spokane County Fire District 8

BLS Responder- Eric Olson (SCFD2)

BLS Responder award winner: Eric Olson (SCFD2) with EMS Council Chair, Tom Chavez, and EMS Council Vice Chair, Gino Palomino

ALS Responder- Lauren Anderson (LFN)

ALS Responder award winner: Lauren Anderson (Life Flight Network) with EMS Council Vice Chair, Gino Palomino

ALS Responder and Travis Prewitt from Spokane Medical Society

ALS Responder award winner: Lauren Anderson with Travis Prewitt from the Spokane County Medical Society, receiving a grant towards an AED

Outstanding Lifetime Service- Tim R. Loncon

Outstanding Lifetime Service award winner: Tim R. Loncon (joined virtually) with EMS Council Chair, Tom Chavez

Congratulations to all of our ‘Excellence in EMS’ Award winners!

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Excellence in EMS Awards for Service During 2017

Webmaster — Mon, 14 May 2018 21:00:59 +0000

EMS Agency Winner – SCFD8 (Tony Nielsen)

ALS Responder Winner – Dennis Wright, AMR

Other ALS Responder Nominees: John Karuza (AMR), Olivia Logan (AMR). Not pictured: Amanda Austin (SCFD8), Rick Kelly (SCFD10, Haley Karnitz (AMR)

BLS Responder Winner – John Sampson, SFD

Other BLS Responder nominees: Sheena Hoover (AMR), Tom Rose (AMR), Matt Mueller (SCFD8), Nate Hawley (SCFD8)

EMS Instructor Winner – Vince Speziale, SCFD4 (Division Chief Bob Bender accepting award for Vince, who was out-of-town.)
Other Instructor nominees: Tom Rose (AMR), Doug Presta (SCFD8/INHS)

EMS Telecommunicator Winner – Rachel Weir, AMR

Special Services Winner – Inland Northwest Fire Chaplains
Other Special Services nominees: Glen Pike (AMR), SFD and SVFD Rescue Task Forces

EMS Heroes Winner – Nate Hawley and Amanda Austin, SCFD8 (Kasey Austin accepted the award for his wife, Amanda, who was out of town for training.)

EMS Hero Winner – Travis Richardson, SVFD (Rich Llewellyn accepted award for Travis.)

Lifetime Service Winner – Dave Byrnes (SFD-retired, Medical Reserve Corp-retired)
Other Lifetime Service nominees: Dennis Wright (AMR), Paul Hammersley (SVFD-retired).

ESSO Winner – Spokane County Sheriff’s Office/Mike Drapea (No picture: Mike was out-of-town.)

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EMS Awards Winners for Service in 2016

Webmaster — Tue, 23 May 2017 22:12:14 +0000

Please congratulate all of our awards winners!

ALS Responder Tom Chavez SCFD 8

BLS Responder: Summer Starks (Deer Park Ambulance)

EMS Agency: Chief Tony Nielsen (SCFD 8)

EMS Instructor – John Cappellano, SFD (unable to attend)

Safety: Chris Wyrobeck (SCFD 8)

Special Services: Bethany Cobb (SCFD 5)

EMS Hero: Dave Sanchez (SVFD)

Also receiving the EMS hero award for the same incident but unable to attend the awards: Jeff Fraser, Trevor Britton, Nate Brown, Paul Haller, Scott Whitaker SVFD

EMS Hero: Max Clutter (SVFD)

Outstanding Lifetime Service: Doug Archer Family accepting 1986-2016

Outstanding Lifetime Service: Toby Combs (AMR)

Outstanding Lifetime Service: Dr. Mike Metcalf (SCFD 8)

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EMS Award Winners for Service in 2015

Webmaster — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:43:29 +0000

Congratulations to all our awards winners!!

EMS AWARD WINNERS FOR SERVICE IN 2015

Special Services: Deanna Jones (SHMC)

TELECOMMUNICATOR: KELLY MASJOAN (SFD)

INSTRUCTOR: DR. JOEL EDMINSTER (SFD/SVFD)

EMS AGENCY: NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO

BLS RESPONDER: DAVE SIMBOLI (SCFD8)

ALS RESPONDER: RUSTIE STEWART (SFD)

SAFETY: CHRIS CORNELIUS (SVFD)

OUTSTANDING LIFETIME SERVICE: KEVIN McCOLLUM ( SFD-RETIRED & NORTHERN QUEST)
(Kevin’s wife accepting award for him)

EMS HERO: JIM SMOCK (SCFD8)

EMS HEROES: JEFF WAINWRIGHT, JAY WILKENS, TREVOR RICHARDS (SCFD8)

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EMS Award Winners for Service in 2014

Webmaster — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:05:48 +0000

Congratulations to our Excellence in EMS award winners for their service in 2014. The awards were given out at the Spokane County EMS Council meeting on Tuesday, June 9, 2015.

BLS Responder Award Winner: Eric Olson (SCFD 2)

ALS Responder Award Winner: Tamara Drapeau ( AMR)

Instructor Award Winner: Shaun Pitts (INHS)

Telecommunicator Award Winner: Jim Keller (AMR)

Safety Award Winner: Mike Lopez, SFD (Dr. Edminster accepting award on Mike’s behalf)

Special Services Award Winner: Lori Koch (AMR)

EMS Agency Award Winner: AMR (Patrick Ramsey accepting the award for AMR)

Outstanding Lifetime Service Award Winner: Brad Derting, AMR (retired)

EMS Heroes Award Winners: Sherryl and Larry Hart (SFD)

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EMS Council Awards for 2013

Webmaster — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:24:04 +0000

Congratulations to our Excellence in EMS awards winners for 2013. The awards were given out at the Spokane County EMS Council meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2014.

EMS Council award winners for 2013

BLS Responder Award
Jeff Wainwright, SCFD 8

ALS Responder Award
David Leavenworth, SFD

EMS Agency Award
Medical Lake Fire Department

Special Services Award
Colleen Terriff, Pharm-D

Telecommunicator Award
Mychael Isayev, SFD

Instructor Award
Sean Barrett, SVFD

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