Members of the EMS Community;
Hello from Maine EMS! As spring arrives in 2025, I want to express our admiration for your unwavering dedication to delivering top-notch emergency medical services across our great state. With Emergency Medical Services Week just around the corner (May 18-24), the Maine EMS Board is eager to honor outstanding leaders and contributors within our system. Maine EMS is seeking nominations in the following 8 categories.
We strongly encourage you to submit nominations for deserving candidates through our online submission tool. Alternatively, you can also print and complete the mail-in PDF and submit your printed nomination via USPS.
Please note that we will accepting nominations until 23:59 on April 21, 2025.
Please reach out to us if you have any additional questions or concerns. You can reach us by emailing maine.ems@maine.gov or calling (207) 626-3860.
Respectfully,
Wil O'Neal
Director, Maine EMS
Award Descriptions
Governor's Award
- This award is conferred for exceptional contribution to the EMS system at the state, national, or system-wide level. The candidate should have demonstrated involvement and contribution in multiple areas of EMS activity (i.e., system development, education, administration, public education, quality/process improvement, etc.).
Maine EMS Joanne Lebrun Golden Eagle Award
- The Maine EMS Golden Eagle Award is a prestigious honor bestowed upon partners within the EMS community who have dedicated over forty years of service to the profession. This award recognizes individuals who have consistently demonstrated excellence in their service, unwavering support to their peers and the community, collaborative efforts that have strengthened the EMS network, and the highest level of integrity in all their professional endeavors. Recipients of this award are esteemed for their long-standing commitment and significant contributions to the advancement of emergency medical services.
EMS Excellence Award
- Conferred for contribution to the EMS system at the regional or state level. The candidate should have demonstrated involvement and significant contribution in one or more areas of EMS activity (i.e., system development, education, administration, public education, quality/process improvement, etc.).
Lifetime Achievement Award
- This award is conferred for extensive involvement with EMS in Maine for at least 10 years, consistently performing above and beyond expectations in system development, patient care, service involvement, and/or community involvement.
EMS Merit Award
- Conferred for contributions to the EMS system at the local or regional level. The candidate should have demonstrated involvement and contribution in one or more areas of EMS activity.
EMS Community Partner Award
- This award is conferred to a non-EMS organization or individual who has demonstrated excellence, support, collaboration, and integrity with the EMS system in Maine. The recipient of this award has significantly impacted the EMS system by providing resources, education, advocacy, or partnerships that enhance the quality and safety of prehospital care in Maine.
EMS Service of the Year Award
- This award is conferred to an EMS service that has shown exemplary performance, innovation, and quality improvement in the delivery of prehospital care in Maine.
Medical Director of the Year Award
- This award is conferred to an EMS medical director who has provided outstanding leadership, education, and guidance to Maine's EMS clinicians and services.