On Saturday, June 10, 2006 The Peninsulas Emergency Medical Services Council held the annual Regional Awards Program on the grounds of their office located at the Virginia Dominion Power Building in Gloucester, Virginia.  The event was sponsored by the Council, the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services and Riverside Walter Reed Hospital.  The event also celebrated the 30^th anniversary of the council. 

 

Award Recipients were:

 

For Excellence in EMS

Elizabeth Jo Martin, Vice President, Riverside Tappahannock Hospital

 

For Outstanding Pre-hospital Provider

Wayne T. Berry, Newport News Fire Department

 

For Outstanding EMS Physician

Cheryl Lawson, MD, Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue

 

For Outstanding EMS Pre-hospital Educator

Roxann M. Gabany, New Horizons Vocational Technical Training Center

 

For Nurse with Outstanding Contribution to EMS

Kimberly A. Conner, RN, Riverside Regional Medical Center

 

For Outstanding Emergency Medical Administrator

Don D. Wilson, Peninsulas EMS Council

 

For Outstanding EMS Agency

Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue

 

For Outstanding EMS Call

York County Fire and Life Safety

 

For Outstanding Contribution to EMS

Williamsburg Community Health Foundation

 

For Outstanding Contribution to EMS for Children

Annetta Lynn Norwood, York County Fire and Life Safety

 

For Outstanding EMS Telecommunications Officer

Donald Terry Hall, York County

 

Regional Scholarship for Outstanding Contribution to EMS by a High School Senior 

Sondra N. Harris, Poquoson Fire and Rescue – Kecoughtan High School