By EMS1 Staff
WASHINGTON — A U.S. senator urged EMS chiefs to support a bill that would allow for an EMS memorial to be built on federal land.
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) delivered a video message to the International Association of EMS Chiefs, stressing the importance of the memorial and adding that the commitment of EMS providers “exemplifies the finest traditions of the American spirit.”
“This commemorative work is important because when we lose a service member on duty, the families, friends and colleagues they leave behind have no nationally recognized place to acknowledge their loved ones and grieve,” Senator Coons said.
The National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act bill would grant the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation the ability to design a memorial on federal land to honor EMS providers.
Senator Coons called upon the chiefs to “email your senators and representatives … ask them to take a look at our bill … at your bill. Ask them to co-sponsor the bipartisan National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act to help build overwhelming support for this well-deserved and long overdue national memorial.”
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