{"id":357,"date":"2016-05-16T15:59:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=357"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:39:43","slug":"governors-ems-awards-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/governors-ems-awards-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor&#8217;s EMS Awards Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">The annual Governor\u2019s EMS Awards Program began in 1986 and has been endorsed by each Governor to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals, agencies and community organizations and businesses that provide or help support emergency medical care in Virginia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/governors-ems-awards-program\/how-it-works\/\">How the Program Works<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Learn more about this important recognition program&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/governors-ems-awards-program\/nominations-regional-awards-programs\/\">Nominations &amp; Regional Awards Programs<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Learn how to nominate someone for a Regional EMS Award&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/governors-ems-awards-program\/11-ems-award-categories-and-a-scholarship\/\">EMS Awards Categories<\/a> &#8211; Read more about the EMS Award Categories and the scholarship&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/past-winners\/\">Past Winners<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Who has won in the past&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact Us:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Governor\u2019s EMS Awards Program please contact:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white;\"><a href=\"mailto:maria.beermann-foat@vdh.virginia.gov\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #13294b;\">Maria Beermann-Foat, PhD, NRP<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white;\">Director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your EMS Region:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your EMS Region can provide information and resources on training, regional protocols and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vaems.org\/\">Click here<\/a> to contact your EMS Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Governor\u2019s EMS Awards Program began in 1986 and has been endorsed by each Governor to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals, agencies and community organizations and businesses that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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