The Western Virginia Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc., proudly recognizes the outstanding service demonstrated by its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers during the council’s annual regional awards recognition, held Thursday evening, March 12, 2026, at the Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia.
This year’s banquet marks the 50th Anniversary of Western Virginia EMS Council’s service to our region of the Commonwealth. Western Virginia EMS Council, a nonprofit organization, was incorporated in 1975 to serve as an entity that could obtain funding through the Emergency Medical Services System Act of 1973, with a board that included emergency medical services (EMS) providers, EMS agencies and hospital facilities from across our region.
As of January 2026, Western Virginia EMS Council’s regional support to emergency medical services systems include 23 jurisdictions in the Western region of Virginia (Region 2), including the cities of Covington, Danville, Martinsville, Lynchburg, Radford, Roanoke and Salem and the counties of Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Henry, Franklin, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski and Roanoke…