International Association of Emergency Medical Services Chiefs
Advancing the leadership of EMS response organizations
and advocating for the EMS profession.
New Board of Directors Elected
Congratulations to our new Board of Directors, who will be taking their seats on June 10, 2024. We wish to thank all who ran for open positions, and those that have served on our boards in the past.
Immediate Past President: Daniel Gerard, MS, RN, NRP EMS Coordinator, Alameda Fire (Alameda, CA)
President Elect: Wren Nealy, EMT-P, Senior Manager, Medical Operations, Texas Department of Public Safety (Austin, TX)
Vice President: Ben Podsiadlo, EMT-P, Grants Division Chief, Homeland Security (Massachusetts)
Treasurer: Chris Callsen, Jr Assistant Chief (Retired) of Operations at Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (Austin, TX)
Secretary: James (Jamie) McConnell, EMT-P, Deputy Chief for Gaston County EMS (Gastonia, NC)
At Large: James Mazza, MA, EMT, Chief of EMS, Montclair Ambulance Unit (Montclair, NJ)
At Large: Mark Lamphier, MBA, EMT-P, Chief for Gaston County EMS (Gastonia, NC)
At Large: Tom Edminson, MBA, EMT-P, Chief, M Health Fairview EMS (St. Paul, MN)
We will be providing biographies and updated photos of our board in the near future
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
Special announcement:
The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer is the largest effort ever undertaken to understand and reduce the risk of cancer among U.S. firefighters. NIOSH is reaching out to all firefighters to join the NFR, including active and retired firefighters, career and volunteer firefighters, and those with or without cancer. Firefighters are exposed to chemicals on the fireground that could increase their risk of developing cancer. By joining the NFR, firefighters will provide critical information that can help answer questions about how and why the cancer risk varies across our nation’s diverse fire service.
The proposed 1st edition of Standards for Out of Hospital and Prehospital Administration Transfusion Services is available for public comment from Friday, May 31 until Tuesday, July 30, 2024. A summary of significant changes is provided to facilitate review of the proposed Standards. Read more here.
Upcoming Events
We are excited to announce our first webinar of the new board term. Please join us on Augst 21, 2024 at 1pm EDT for “Fentanyl and the Growing Opioid Crisis for EMS Providers” This one-hour webinar will be presented by David DiGregorio.
David currently serves as principal for D2 Emergency Management Consulting, LLC and is faculty for the Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School Disaster Medicine Fellowship. He contributes on the advisory board for First Line Technology. David DiGregorio served as the director for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Response/Special Operations Division from September of 2016 through April of 2023 after holding the position of deputy director for two years. He is known nationally and internationally for his work with opioids and WMD.
The webinar will be held via ZOOM, and links for the webinar will be sent to all registrants.
To register, please follow this link: https://thegrowingopioidproblem.rsvpify.com
Membership
We are made up of leaders from both volunteer and career EMS organizations.
If you would like to know more, please check out our Member Info page.