{"id":5310,"date":"2017-01-17T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=5310"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:45:06","slug":"governors-ems-awards-program-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/other-ems-programs-and-links\/governors-ems-awards-program-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor&#8217;s EMS Awards Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24934 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-1320x880.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1-272x182.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Image-8-1.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The annual Governor\u2019s EMS Awards Program began in 1986 and has been endorsed by each Governor to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals, agencies and community organizations and businesses that provide or help support emergency medical care in Virginia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/governors-ems-awards-program\/how-it-works\/\">How the Program Works<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Learn more about this important recognition program&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/11-ems-award-categories-and-a-scholarship\/\">EMS Awards Categories<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nRead more about the 8 EMS Award Categories and the scholarship&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/nominations-regional-awards-programs\/\">Nomination Forms &amp; Regional Awards Program<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLearn how to nominate someone for a Regional EMS Award&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/past-winners\/\">Past Winners<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWho has won in the past&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Governor\u2019s EMS Awards Program began in 1986 and has been endorsed by each Governor to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals, agencies and community organizations and businesses that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":5116,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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