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Allison Brown, a UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center EMT and RN, grills hotdogs Thursday afternoon during an EMS Week Celebration in the parking lot of Trinity Regional Medical Center. Paramedic Tony Ward, who helped organize the event with EMT John Copper and Paramedic Teresa Morlan, said the event was help to celebrate what the various emergency medical workers do in their communities, particular, the volunteers. “We’re celebrating the professionals and thanking the volunteers that do this,” he said. Copper said that, nationally, about 90 percent of emergency services are provided by volunteers. A number of local businesses provided items for the door prize drawing as well as food and beverages.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Allison Brown, a UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center EMT and RN, grills hotdogs Thursday afternoon during an EMS Week Celebration in the parking lot of Trinity Regional Medical Center. Paramedic Tony Ward, who helped organize the event with EMT John Copper and Paramedic Teresa Morlan, said the event was help to celebrate what the various emergency medical workers do in their communities, particular, the volunteers. “We’re celebrating the professionals and thanking the volunteers that do this,” he said. Copper said that, nationally, about 90 percent of emergency services are provided by volunteers. A number of local businesses provided items for the door prize drawing as well as food and beverages.