Stars of Life Award Winners Visit Congress on Capitol Hill

The American Ambulance Association (AAA) Stars of Life event, which began yesterday and runs through tomorrow at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., is an important annual event that recognizes remarkable EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers, educators, fleet technicians and others awarded with AAA’s Stars of Life awards, but it’s also an important week for our industry to increase its visibility with key members of both houses of the U.S. Congress. The 108 awardees identified as this year’s Stars of Life represent excellence in EMS across the country, and starting today and through tomorrow, they join their executive hosts from agencies around the country to spread the word about their achievements during short Hill Meetings with their U.S. senators and congressional representatives. In an impressive display of coordination by AAA’s government affairs staff, more than 150 Hill Meetings are being held over the two-day period. R. Buesking and Darick Day (Madison County Ambulance District) and Renee McClure, Kent Coleman and David Tetrault (St. Francois County Ambulance District) met with U.S. Representative Jason Smith of Missouri.
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: News Administration and Leadership Industry News Source Type: news