Dear Friends,

Each Memorial Day weekend, the National EMS Memorial Service honors those EMS providers who have made the ultimate sacrifice and given their lives in the line of duty.

The mission of the National EMS Memorial Service is to honour and remember those men and women of America's Emergency Medical Services who have made the ultimate sacrifice and given their lives in the line of duty, and to recognize the sacrifice they have made in service to their communities and their fellow man.

Each year, hundreds of family members, friends, coworkers, EMS and political leaders, and colleagues from EMS agencies from around the nation gather together in Roanoke, Virginia to remember our honorees.
 
This year, three EMS providers from New England will be honoured for making the ultimate sacrifice. They are:

Michael Latta, EMT-B, Patriot Ambulance Service, Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Last Response:  April 26, 2007

Allan Parsons, EMT-P, Med-Care Ambulance Service, Mexico, Maine
Last Response:  July 5, 2007

Richard Powers, EMT-P, Beauport Ambulance Service, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Last Response:  July 30, 2007

The 16th Annual National EMS Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 7:00 pm (EDT) at the First Baptist in Roanoke, Virginia. Please take a moment at that time to join us in remembering our fallen colleagues.

Uniformed EMS, Fire & other Public Safety personnel are invited to pay their respects to all honorees at this year*s service.

EMS Providers wishing to attend this years service may wish to consider the host hotel, the Hotel Roanoke. A special room rate is available by requesting the *National EMS Memorial Service* rate. Reservations may be made online at www.hotelroanoke.com or by calling the hotel directly at 1-540-985-5900.

Most major airlines service the Roanoke Regional Airport (ROA).

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about attending or the service in general.  I can be reached via e-mail at mmillet@nhs-healthlink.org or via cellular phone 603-235-8647.

Sincerely,

Mark Millet, EMT-P
New England Regional Coordinator
National EMS Memorial Service
www.nemsms.org

Mark Millet, EMT-P
EMS Coordinator/Trauma Registrar
Beverly Hospital
85 Herrick Street
Beverly, MA 01915
978 922-3000 x 2059
978 524-6028 fax