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State EMS Office Excellence Awards Program

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2025 Awardees

Purpose: To recognize and celebrate the innovative, impactful, and exemplary work of state EMS offices across the country, highlighting their unique contributions to advancing EMS systems, fostering collaboration, and improving public health and safety.

Eligibility: Open to all state EMS offices. Initiatives must be completed or demonstrate measurable results within the past two years.

Nominations: Submissions can be made by state EMS directors or their deputies. No more than one submission per category per state per year.

Categories: State EMS Office of the Year; Excellence in Regulatory Modernization and Oversight; Data-Driven Excellence; Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Sustainability; Innovation. 

Timeline: Application process open January 20th and closes February 23rd. Awards will be presented on Wednesday, April 29th, during the 2026 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.
Program details    Submit nomination

(Word version of the nomination form available here; Use "Submit nomination" button above for official submissions)

Send questions to: awards@nasemso.org.

2025 Awardees (Inaugural Year)

State EMS Office of the Year

Recognizes a state EMS office that has demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and measurable impact across all facets of EMS system development, coordination, and oversight; celebrates a comprehensive commitment to advancing EMS at the state level, addressing challenges, and setting benchmarks for excellence. 

Delaware 
Selected for overall impact, innovation, leadership, data driven decisions. Read more.

Excellence in Regulatory Modernization and Oversight

Recognizes a state EMS office for outstanding efforts in modernizing and overseeing regulations to improve EMS systems' effectiveness, sustainability, and operational integrity. 

Florida 
Selected because the initiative demonstrates both state and national influence, offers a scalable model, and shows measurable improvements in workflow efficiency and access. Read more.

 

Data-Driven Excellence

Recognizes a state EMS office that, through its data staff, demonstrates exceptional use of data and analytics to drive system improvements, policy decisions, or public transparency. 

Colorado 
Selected for the timely use of multiple source data to drive system improvement. Tangible driver of policy and committee formation. Read more.

Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Sustainability

Recognizes a state EMS office for innovative and effective programs aimed at addressing the challenges of recruitment, retention, and workforce sustainability in the EMS field; celebrates initiatives that strengthen the workforce and ensure its long-term viability. 

Indiana 
Selected for the significant merit in addressing new recruits through training and engagement and by using a third-party resource who has expertise in workforce issues and are well prepared to discuss and assess workforce related activity better than a state EMS office on its own. Read more.

 

Innovation

Celebrates state EMS offices that have demonstrated creative and impactful use of innovation to address challenges, improve system performance, or enhance provider and patient experiences. 

New York 
Selected for their great collaboration with external stakeholders and data analysis. Read more.