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EMS Assistance, Recognition & Promotion
National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week is May 18-24, 2025
This year’s EMS Week theme is “We Care. For Everyone.”
EMS Services theme days are:
- Sunday - Health, Wellness and Resilience Day
- Monday - EMS Education Day
- Tuesday - Safety Tuesday
- Wednesday - EMS for Children Day
- Thursday - Save-A-Life Day
- Friday - EMS Recognition Day
- Saturday - EMS Remembrance Day
EMS Week Certificates
Certificates for years of service in EMS will be available for printing. The certificates will be emailed back to the requester in PDF form. It will be the responsibility of the requester to print them off, preferably on card stock or certificate paper, and present them to the recipients. As in the past, the request must be in five-year increments only – five, 10, 15, 20, 25 years, etc. All levels of pre-hospital personnel are eligible for certificates – Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate, Advanced-Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Lead Instructor, Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Emergency Communications Registered Nurse, Pre-Hospital Registered Nurse, and Trauma Nurse Specialist. The deadline for submission of names to IDPH is May 12, 2025. Use the form “EMS Week Years of Service Certificate Request Form” received via email for submission of certificate recipients. Before submission of the form, ensure all names are spelled correctly and the correct level and number of years of service are indicated for each entry. Pay close attention to the attached instructions when filling out the form. The information will print EXACTLY as entered. All of the information at the bottom of the form must be present and submitted by system number, telephone number, and email address.
IDPH will only accept requests in electronic word format on the prescribed form. No other forms or means of submission will be accepted. Email completed forms as an attachment to DPH.EMSWeek@Illinois.gov. Completed certificates will be emailed back to the requester.
EMS Week Awards
Awards for EMS Instructor/Pediatric EMS Instructor, EMS Response/Pediatric EMS Response, Public Education/Pediatric Public Education, and Emergency Response by a Layperson/Pediatric Emergency Response by a Layperson will also be given this year. If you would like to nominate someone for one of the categories, use the “EMS Week Award Application” form for submission. The deadline for submission to the Department is Friday, April 25, 2025. Email the completed forms to DPH.EMSWeek@Illinois.gov.
