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Lycoming County proclaims Emergency Medical Services Week and EMSC week; emergency responders urge support for volunteers and training
Summary
The commissioners proclaimed National Emergency Medical Services Week (May 18–24, 2025) and Emergency Medical Services for Children recognition; an EMS representative described workforce challenges and local training programs.
The Lycoming County Board of Commissioners proclaimed the week of May 18–24, 2025, as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week and recognized Emergency Medical Services for Children during their May 20 meeting.
The proclamation text recognized EMS personnel — including EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers, firefighters and hospital emergency staff — and the county’s mix of career and volunteer providers. An EMS representative who addressed the commissioners said the regional system covers about 78 agencies across three counties, serves roughly 800 prehospital providers and coordinates with six hospitals in the region. The representative described declining volunteerism and said the county helps fund EMT and EMR classes; "out of those 18 [candidates] 16 have already become certified," the speaker said of a recent testing event.
The EMS-for-children proclamation highlighted the special needs of pediatric patients in emergency care, encouraged agencies to become "pediatric ready," and urged providers and families to participate in educational outreach. Commissioners praised EMS and 911 staff for facing traumatic work and saving lives, and presented the proclamations to the EMS delegation.
Both proclamations were read and signed by the commissioners; the transcript records presentation and appreciation but no separate budget appropriation tied to the proclamations during the meeting.
