EMS Awards from the South Dakota Emergency Medical Technicians Association

• EMT of the Year  (formerly Vic Steffen Award)

    This award is available to any EMT in the state of South Dakota.  It is awarded for outstanding service in the field of emergency medical services in the state of South Dakota. Each district in the state if permitted to nominate one recipient. Submissions must be made by August 15 of the year to be awarded at the Annual Fall Conference. For further information contact  the SDEMTA President Danny Hayes at sdemta.org

Past EMT of the Year Award Winners   denotes a winner from District 1.
2008-Linda Smith
2004-Joe Schnell	2005-Chuck Willey	2006-Merle Gulbranson	2007-Kurt Klunder
2000-Gary Chaplin	2001-Mike Erz	2002-Larry Goldsmith	2003-Charles Bell
1996-Rob Weinert	1997-Mike Sanger	1998-Margaret Farrel	1999-Lola Roseth
1992-Charlie Walker	1993-Kevin Steever	1994-Brian Hambek	1995-Sharon Jenkins
1988-Donald Manger	1989-John Wilson	1990-James Allen	1991-Terry Bottjen
1984-Mike MaGee	1985-Roger Sorenson	1986-David Hansen	1987-Dwight Schamber
1980-Chuck Baker	1981-Paul Williams	1982-Maynard Konechne	1983-Inge Glissendorf
1977-Ione Brown	1978-Ron Jorgensen	1978-Doug Kirkus	1979-Barb Jones

• Susan Schuurman's Memorial Award

     This award is available to any emergency medical service in the state of South Dakota. This award is made in memory to Susan Schuurmans who was the SDEMTA president in 1988.  The award in made by Susan's family to a service needing equipment for a certain purpose.   The amount of the award varies, but in 2004 was $225. Submissions must be made by August 15 of the year to be awarded. Kimball ambulance was the 2006 winner.

• EMS of the Year

    This award is presented annually and is selected by a committee from amongst nominations submitted by a rescue or ambulance squad or by a member on behalf of same..  In 1998 this award included a $500 stipend which was generously donated by Citibank.  The 2006 winner was the Faith Ambulance Service in Faith, SD.  Dell Rapids Ambulance was runner up.

• President's Award

    This award is presented annually to a SDEMTA member who, in the opinion of the SDEMTA President, has been instrumental in furthering the goals and objectives of EMS in South Dakota and who is an active member of the SDEMTA. The 2006 winner was Chuck Bell.