WEMSA News

WEMSA's #1 legislative priority is now law in action — the EMS Education Reimbursement Program created by 2025 Wisconsin Act 35 is officially...

WEMSA Announces Government Relations Transition and Contractor Search For more than 29 years, Government Policy Solutions, Forbes McIntosh, has...

WEMSA has received a 2026 ASAE Power of Associations Gold Award for advocacy that delivered real funding and policy wins for EMS professionals and...

Background & Inspiration Becky Smudde's path into EMS started where a lot of great things do: with someone seeing a need and deciding to do...

Background & Inspiration Adam Robarge's path into EMS started simply enough: he was looking for something to do to earn a little extra money....

Background & Inspiration Jamie Stephenson became an EMT in 2009 after nine years as a volunteer for the fire department. His wife was a nurse...

Background & Inspiration Shaunna Bryant's entry into EMS wasn't planned. Her initial exposure came through working at an EMS billing service,...

Background & Inspiration Tyler Rush's path into EMS started in college, where he got his first exposure through friends who were already in...

Background & Inspiration Delaney Weiler has been in EMS for 15 years. She felt strongly drawn to it. Drawn to helping people, and drawn to the...

Background & Inspiration Ashley Carothers has been in EMS since 2018. She has always been a helper, and she knew her community needed help, so...

Background & Inspiration Chanse Kaczmarski has been in EMS since 1995, beginning as a volunteer with Fitch-Rona EMS as an EMT-Basic. His EMT-B...

How It Started In 1990, a fellow EMT in Bloomer tapped Jay Young on the shoulder and said, "You should consider becoming an EMT." That simple ask...