Throughout the Wyoming-Erie and Big Lakes Regions, many of the volunteer fire and EMS agencies are holding annual organizational elections and have upcoming changes in leadership roles. This is a good reminder for Agencies to submit their leadership changes in the Portal so that we have updated contacts including agency leadership, EMS leadership, CME coordinators, and ePCR coordinators.
During the December 2024 State Emergency Medical Services Council (SEMSCO) and State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (SEMAC) Meetings held earlier this week, the State Department of Health, Division of State Emergency Medical Services released the 2024 update to the 2019 Where are the Emergency Responders report. The 2024 document outlines the growing shortage of EMS professionals in the Emergency Medical Services field in both the Career and Volunteer sides based on data collected and analyzed from 2022-2023. These findings and survey results highlight several key areas of opportunity that agencies and providers can collectively address.
Please click here to read the 10-page document.
Agency leaders are encouraged to share the document throughout their agency. The 2019 report can be found on the UB|MD EMS website by clicking here.
