The EMS Unit Citation recognizes acts of organizations, units, or specially constituted teams in providing emergency prehospital care or EMS system support activities under extreme circumstances. The award is presented during the EMS Awards Program at the Annual Oregon EMS Conference.

Current and past years recipients of the State EMS Unit Citation Medal, listed in alphabetical order, are as follows:

2011

• Interagency Hotshot Crew & American Medical Response

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2011 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.

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2010

• Captain Mike Rusher
• Chris Paulsen
• Ben Stange

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2010 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.

• Josephine County American Medical Response,
• Rural Metro Fire Department
• Illinois Valley Fire District
• Josephine County Search and Rescue
• Josephine County Sheriff's Office of Communications
• Grants Pass Department of Public Safety
• Josephine County 911 Agency

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2010 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.

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2009

Benton County Sheriffs Office

• Deputy Randy Heiner

City of Corvallis Benton County 911

• Lynn McMurphy
• Sue Stutheit
• Andrew Thompson

Corvallis Fire Department

• Will Bauscher, EMT-P
• Jason Dennis
• Mark Foster, EMT-B
• Joe Van Veldhuizen,EMT-B

Monroe Rural Fire Protection District

• Eric Eastridge
• Captain Tim Eastridge
• Brian Ellsworth, FR
• Jackie Essner
• Scott Lee
• Orin Nusbaum, FR
• Virgil Oakes
• Mark Poorman
• Chief Rick Smith, EMT-I
• Matt Thompson, EMT-B
• Captain Ron Thompson, FR
• Michelle Turner, FR

Reach Air Medical Services

• Jan Burger
• Charlie Jones
• Sam Lillie, EMT-B

Please view the 2009 Unit Citation (pdf) for more information about recipients. Plese view the award photo (5 Mb).

Columbia Memorial Hospital

• Floyd Baker, RN
• Lori Christiansen, RN
• Chris Hogan, RN
• Sue Heineck, MD
• Kevin Johnson, CRNA
• Julie George, RN
• Randy Johnson, CRNA
• Jeremy Mcarthur, RN
• Jennifer Quigley, RN
• Truman Sasaki, MD

Gearhart Fire Department

• Ron Britton, FR
• Carl Brown, FF
• Tony Como, FF
• Judy Curnow, EMT-I
• Joey Daniels, EMT-I
• Bill Eddy, EMT-I
• Travis Owsley, FF

Medix Ambulance

• Blair Kok, EMT-P
• Mike Lang, EMT-B
• Beth MacNicoll, EMT-P
• Duane Mullins, EMT-P
• Levi Parker, EMT-B

Providence Seaside Hospital

• Casey Berndt, RN
• Kirk Cozee, RN
• Tim Jobe, RN
• Tim Opie, MD
• Mary Romanaggi, RN

Please view the 2009 Unit Citation (pdf) for more information about recipients. Please view the award photo (5 Mb).

Nestucca Rural Fire

• Captain Levi Beachy, FR
• Simon Carillo, FR
• Laurie Caspell, EMT-P
• Jaynie Cole, FR
• Lieutenant Travis Cole, FR
• Ann Cunningham, FR
• John Eckhardt, EMT-B
• Lieutenant Don Harrison, FR
• Deputy Chief Mickey Hays, EMT-B
• Deputy Chief John Kiefel, EMT-I
• Patrick Maahs, FR
• Neil Marquis, FR
• Sherrianne Remington, FR
• Captain Jim Strassle
• Jeneanne Upton, FR
• Jeneanne Upton, FR

Tillamook County General Hospital Ambulance

• George (Bill) Allen, EMT-P
• Paul Fredericksen, EMT-P
• Jennifer Joslin, EMT-P
• Trisha Moore, EMT-P
• Don Siemsen, EMT-P
• Robert Singleton, EMT-P
• Nick Watts, EMT-P

TillamookCounty Sheriff's Office

• Sergeant Michael Fox
• Deputy Jim Horton
• Commander Eric Swanson, EMT-P

Please view the 2009 Unit Citation (pdf) for more information about recipients. Please view the award photo (5 Mb).

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2008

AMR and Rural Metro in Grants Pass

• Mike Anderberg, EMT-B (RMFD)
• Jamie Beech, EMT-P (AMR)
• Lt. Lloyd Lawless,EMT-B (RMFD)
• Ryan Small, EMT-B (RMFD)
• Ben Stevenson, EMT-I (AMR)

Winston-Dillard Fire and Rescue

• Shawn Pattee
• Audrey Pollinger

Vernonia Volunteer Ambulance Association

• Tara Bamburg, EMT-B
• Teresa Bernardi, EMT-I
• Caressa Brooks
• Norman Brown
• Randy Carlton, EMT-B
• Raymond Cota
• Shelly Cota, EMT-B
• Christie Davis
• Matt Davis
• Torie Ellis
• Michelle Kay, EMT-P
• Charlotte Koch, EMT-B
• Scott Laird, EMT-B
• Kristina McCord, EMT-B
• Tom Moss, EMT-B
• Daniel Owens, EMT-B
• Lisa Ragsdale, EMT-B
• Holly Vaughn, EMT-B
• Wayne Vaughn
• Darrell Wolfe, EMT-B

Please view the Unit Citation page of the 2008 Unit Citation (pdf) for more information about recipients.

Please view the award photo for AMR (3 Mb), Winston-Dillard is available award photo for Winston-Dillard (3 Mb) and theaward photo for Vernonia Volunteer Ambulance Association (3 Mb).

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2007

• AMR River Rescue Team

Scott Campbell, EMT Intermediate

Krista Hornish, EMT Paramedic

Brian Dixon, EMT Intermediate

• Medic "Squirt" 207, Clackamas County

Sander "Sandy" Logan, Jr., EMT Padamedic

Nick Cordill, EMT Intermediate

• Milton-Freewater Police Department

Corporal Gerg Stallings

Officer Alan Parker

Officer Scott Clayton

Officer Jon Roberts

Please view the2007 Unit Citation (pdf) for more information about recipients.

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2006

• Benton County Sheriff's Office
• Blodgett-Summit RFPD
• City of Corvallis, Benton County 911
• Corvallis Fire Department
• Life Flight
• US Coast Guard-North Bend Station

• Jackson County Fire District #3
• Jackson County Sheriff, Search and Rescue
• Mercy Flights
• Southern Oregon Regional Communications

• Medix Ambulance Service
• Cannon Beach Fire Rescue
• Cannon Beach Police
• Columbia Memorial Hospital

Please view the Unit Citation page of the 2006 Unit Citation (pdf) for more information about recipients.

Please view the award photo for the first group,award photo for Vernonia Volunteer Ambulance Association and the award photo for the third group.

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2005

• Garibaldi Fire Department
• Tillamook County CommunicationDistrict
• Tillamook County General Hospital Ambulance
• Tillamook County Sheriff's Office

• Jackson County Fire District #5
• Phoenix Fire Department
• Ashland Fire & Rescue

Please view the Unit Citation page of the 2005 EMS Awards (pdf) (2 Mb) for more information about recipients.

Please view the award photo for Garibaldi Fire Department and the award photo for Fire District #5 Jackson County.

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2004

• Bay City Fire Department
• Garibaldi Fire Department
• Oregon State Police - Tillamook Worksite
• Rockaway Beach Fire Department
• Tillamook County Emergency Communications District (9-1-1)
• Tillamook County General Hospital Ambulance
• Tillamook County Sheriff's Office
• United States Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay
• United States Coast Guard Air Station Astoria
• Air Life - Bend, Oregon
• Douglas County Fire District 2 - Rescue Team (DCFDRT)
• Douglas County Sheriff's office - Mountain Rescue (DCSOMR)
• Glide Rural Fire Protection District (GRFPD)
• WEST Ambulance
• Gates Rural Fire Protection District
• Idanha-Detroit Fire Department
• Oregon Air National Guard - 1042nd Medical Company

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2004 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.

Please view the award photo for Bay City Fire Department, the award photo for Air Life and the award photo for Gates Rural Fire.

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2003

• Blue Mountain Hospital Volunteer Ambulance
• Grant County Sheriff's Office
• Long Creek Volunteer Ambulance
• The Lakeview community
• Lake District Hospital, Lakeview, Oregon
• Lakeview Disaster Unit, Lakeview, Oregon
• Legacy Emanual Hospital's Mobile Surgical Transport Team, Portland, Oregon
• Dr. Bob Bomengen, Lakeview, Oregon
• Dr. Kenneth Tuttle, Klamath Falls, Oregon
• American Medical Response Reach and Treat, Portland
• Grayback Forestry; Merlin, Oregon
• Mercy Flights, Inc., Medford, Oregon

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2003 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.

Please view the award photo for Blue Mountain,(same photo in Hi-Res), the award photo for Lakeview, (same photo in Hi-Res) and the award photo for American Medical Response, (same photo in Hi_Res).

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2002

• Douglas County Fire District #2
• Winston Dillard Fire District
• Wilt's Emergency Services and Transport
• American Medical Response
• Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
• Clackamas County Medical Examiner's Office
• Mountain Wave Communications
• Oregon Army National Guard, 1042 nd Medical
• Portland Mountain Rescue
• Timberline Lodge
• United States Air Force, 939 th Air Rescue Wing
• Jackson County Fire District #3, White City
• Mercy Flights, Inc

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2002 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.

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2001

• Jackson County Fire District #3
• Jackson County Fire District #4
• Jackson County Search and Rescue
• Jackson County Sheriff's Department
• Mercy Flights, Inc.
• Medford Fire Department
• Mount Ashland Ski Patrol
• Bridge Volunteer Rural Fire Department
• Camas Valley Fire Department
• Mercy Flights, Inc.
• Myrtle Point EMS
• Winston-Dillard Fire District

Please view the Unit Citation Section of the 2001 Book of Recognition (pdf) for more information about recipients.