National Conference on EMS

2017 NJ EMS Award Recipients

Outstanding EMS Call                                   
Tom Weber, Rashe Edwards

Outstanding EMS Action by a Youth
Rachel Maistrow, Mya Maistrow, Lea Bachenheimer and Dominique Bricker

Outstanding EMS Action by a Citizen          
Angelo Mel-tos, Kala Wright and Gavin Costello

Outstanding First Responder                       
Dagone Emerson

Outstanding EMT                              
Nicholas Barrett

Outstanding Paramedic                    
Andrew Ecker

Outstanding ALS-SCTU Nurse                       
Daryl Gruenhagen

Outstanding EMS Physician             
Bill Wang Cheng Teng

Outstanding EMS Administrator      
Gerard Muench

Outstanding EMS Educator              
Bryan Fischberg

Outstanding EMS Agency                 
JFK EMS

EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award         

William Voelkel (posthumously)

EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award  
Fran Guthrie

Outstanding Hospital ER Nurse                    
Marcie Joy Koons (posthumously)

Outstanding Emergency Preparedness 
John Grembowiec

Outstanding EMS Safety Award
Sarah Daplyn

Outstanding EMS Dispatcher           
Matthew Brandt

On behalf of Brick Police Department and the EMS Community for creation of the Heroin Addiction Response Program, which has provided a same-day link to inpatient drug rehabilitation for more than 100 people with addictions this year
Chief James Riccio

On behalf of Morris County Office of Emergency Management and the EMS Community for training over 2,000 New Jersey law enforcement officers in Bleeding Control for the Injured Advanced Training Program, which has resulted in eight documented lives saved in the past three years.

Director Scott DiGiralomo