2026 EMS Awards Ceremony

EMS System Dispatcher: Dispatcher who is an active provider of dispatch for EMS units and who exhibits exemplary performance in her/his/their quality of dispatching, caller, and incident support.

Timothy Au

Dept. of Emergency Management

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EMS System Field Provider: EMT or Paramedic who is an active provider of EMS, and who exhibits exemplary performance in his/her/their quality of patient care, or who has performed an extraordinary act attempting to save a life.

Shaun Mills, EMT-P

San Francisco Fire Department

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Paul Sugiyama, EMT

San Francisco Fire Department

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EMS System Hospital Provider: Nurse, Physician, or other staff in an emergency department who exhibits exemplary performance in his/her/their quality of patient care, or who performed an extraordinary act attempting the saving of a life.

Amber Quelvog, RN

San Francisco General Hospital

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First Responder: First responder in the public safety profession, law enforcement official, or other non-EMS first responder who has exhibited exemplary performance while responding to an emergency that required them to provide medical care to a person in need, or who performed an extraordinary act attempting the saving of a life.

Ranger Joseph Farkash

San Francisco Park Rangers

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Community: Member of the public, non-profit agency, organization, caretaker, volunteer, friend, or family member who contributes to emergency medical services through a response and intervention for an individual emergency, or by dedication to the improvement of EMS through community service.

Code Tenderloin

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Raymond Lim Excellence in EMS: EMS professional who has made significant contributions and exemplifies outstanding commitment to professionalism, ethics and EMS quality over the course of a distinguished career in the tradition of the late Raymond Lim.

Simon Pang, Deputy Chief of EMS and Community Paramedicine, Retired

San Francisco Fire Department

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Mary Magocsy Excellence in EMS and Disaster Leadership: Individual working in EMS administration who contributes to emergency medical services or disaster medicine by providing significant administrative support and leadership to the field of EMS in the tradition of the late Mary Magocsy.

Captain Jeff Covitz

Community Paramedicine Division

San Francisco Fire Department

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Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination Provider of the Year: Recognizes a Community Paramedicine provider for excellence in care for patients with complex medical/social/behavioral health needs who has improved the system of care for patients in this new discipline of EMS Medicine.

Nicholas Koo, EMT-P

San Francisco Fire Department