2025 EMS Awards Ceremony

EMS System Dispatcher: Dispatcher who is an active provider of dispatch for EMS units and who exhibits exemplary performance in her/his/their quality of dispatching, caller, and incident support.

Nija Dantzler

Dept. of Emergency Management

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EMS System Field Provider: EMT or Paramedic who is an active provider of EMS, and who exhibits exemplary performance in his/her/their quality of patient care, or who has performed an extraordinary act attempting to save a life.

Ray Gomez, EMT

King American

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Rene Bermudez, EMT

Ziva Berkowitz Kimmel, EMT

Marissa Ludwig, EMT

Edmund Luo, EMT

American Medical Response

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EMS System Hospital Provider: Nurse, Physician, or other staff in an emergency department who exhibits exemplary performance in his/her/their quality of patient care, or who performed an extraordinary act attempting the saving of a life.

Eric Silverman, MD, MPH

San Francisco General Hospital and King American

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First Responder: First responder in the public safety profession, law enforcement official, or other non-EMS first responder who has exhibited exemplary performance while responding to an emergency that required them to provide medical care to a person in need, or who performed an extraordinary act attempting the saving of a life.

Lieutenant Brent Doiguchi

Officer Mark Andrews

Officer Bradley Inamori

Officer Manbir Grewal

Officer Benjamin Hatton

Officer Phillip Bias

California Highway Patrol

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Community: Member of the public, non-profit agency, organization, caretaker, volunteer, friend, or family member who contributes to emergency medical services through a response and intervention for an individual emergency, or by dedication to the improvement of EMS through community service.

City EMT

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Raymond Lim Excellence in EMS: EMS professional who has made significant contributions and exemplifies outstanding commitment to professionalism, ethics and EMS quality over the course of a distinguished career in the tradition of the late Raymond Lim.

Assistant Deputy Chief of EMS Antenor "Tony" Molloy

San Francisco Fire Department

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Mary Magocsy Excellence in EMS and Disaster Leadership: Individual working in EMS administration who contributes to emergency medical services or disaster medicine by providing significant administrative support and leadership to the field of EMS in the tradition of the late Mary Magocsy.

Captain Chelsea Meyers

Community Paramedicine Division

San Francisco Fire Department

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Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination Provider of the Year: Recognizes a Community Paramedicine provider for excellence in care for patients with complex medical/social/behavioral health needs who has improved the system of care for patients in this new discipline of EMS Medicine.

Captain Brandon Chatham, EMT-P

Jason Freeland, EMT-P

Paul Hobbs, EMT-P

San Francisco Fire Department