Memorial
Remembering the service and the selflessness of those lost this year
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Taneytown Volunteer Fire Company Paramedic Jeffrey Shaffer, 67, served for nearly 50 years before his death in August
The hybrid virtual and in-person ceremony honored the 168 people killed in the terrorist attack on April 19, 1995
The Weekend of Honor, which was previously canceled due to COVID-19, will now be held July 23-25 in Arlington, Va.
A committee formed to provide input on the monument design includes representatives from FDNY and other first responder unions
Phoenix Paramedic Solutions EMT Robert Craig, 58, served for more than 30 years
Ghana National Ambulance Service Senior EMT Abraham Tetteh was killed while transporting a pregnant woman to the hospital
The agency set aside $2 billion to reimburse families affected by deaths related to the pandemic
FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo was honored Tuesday night as her family continues to await justice
Officials confirmed the live reading will be reinstated following disagreement over pandemic restrictions last year
The paramedic training scholarship is named in memory of EMT Liliya Zagariya, who was killed by a disgruntled patient in December
The Stacie Morse Gift of Flight Scholarship is named in honor of a flight nurse who was killed in a medical plane crash in January 2019
A memorial shadow box was presented at the FDNY EMS Academy in honor of EMT Idris Bey, who had instructed at the academy for nearly 20 years
Shreveport Firefighter-EMT Leonard Coney was celebrated by colleagues on Saturday after his line of duty death from the virus
The Matthew Smelser Memorial Bridge honors the Rostraver-West Newton EMS paramedic supervisor who was struck and killed responding to a crash in January
Lehigh Valley Health Network MedEvac Flight Paramedic Don Shambo, 63, died on Monday after a short battle with illness
Montville Fire Department EMS Lt. Christine Kutz, 56, a 37-year veteran EMT, died on Dec. 1 after a brief illness
The Skylar Herbert Memorial Scholarship, a need-based scholarship for children of first responders, is named after the 5-year-old daughter of a Detroit firefighter and cop
An official cause of death is pending for Trace Ambulance EMT Melissa Lamesch and her unborn son, who was due Saturday
Kansas City Fire Capt. Robert 鈥淏obby鈥� Rocha and Communications Specialist Scott Davidson, who previously worked as a paramedic, died just a day apart last weekend
The memorial at Elko Regional Airport includes a bronze plaque inscribed with the names of the pilots, flight medics and flight nurses killed in the Access Air and American MedFlight crashes
The Dr. Craig Manifold EMS Research Scholar position was dedicated in honor of the renowned medical director, who died in September
Dr. Livingston Wong, who died on Oct. 25 at the age of 90, is credited with contributing to the 鈥渂irth of paramedics鈥� in Hawaii in the 1970s
President Trump and Congress have 7 weeks to support bipartisan opportunities to improve EMS safety, reimbursement, recognition and pay
Greene Township Fire & EMS officials said Firefighter-Paramedic Mike Weissmann鈥檚 death came as a shock, as he鈥檇 been improving after the kidney donation from Lt. Jeff Williams
Mutual-aid companies supplemented response efforts to give SFFD members the opportunity to attend the vigil
St. Croix Paramedic Nowel Garcia, 42, had served with his agency since 2002 and battled colon cancer for about three years
The memorial in Ridley Township honors first responders who have died in the line of duty
The Firefighter-EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge on Long Island was dedicated in a ceremony on Saturday
NAEMT notes Manifold鈥檚 lasting imprint and his contributions to EMS will live on
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