National Association of State EMS Officials

04/08/2026

🚑 New Funding Opportunity for EMS, Fire-Rescue, and 911 Agencies!

The Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant program is now prioritizing projects and programs led by EMS, fire-rescue, and 911 services. Nearly 1 billion dollars in grant funding is available this year alone to support community safety and save lives.

🗓️ Applications are due May 26, 2026 — so don’t wait to apply!

📄 Learn more and share this flyer with your local EMS or public safety partners: https://NASEMSO.org/docs.ashx?id=1735642

❓ Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/faqs

Let’s help bring more safety-focused innovation to our streets and communities! 💙

02/23/2026

The 2024 Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project Assessment marked the first comprehensive nationwide study of Pediatric
Readiness across EMS and fire-rescue agencies. See the results:
https://bit.ly/pprpnationalresults

02/09/2026

Now Hiring: NASEMSO EMS Engagement Manager
Application Deadline: February 22, 2026
Salary: $80,000 – $85,000 per year, commensurate with experience.
Full time remote eligible with benefits and paid leave.

The National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO), supported by Association and Society Management International (ASMI), is seeking a full time EMS Engagement Manager to join our mission driven team. This position plays a key role in monitoring emergency medical services (EMS) industry developments, supporting national EMS leadership, managing sponsorship initiatives, and coordinating meetings and digital communications. ASMI is a full service association management company serving socially responsible organizations across multiple industries, including EMS, trauma, homeland security, and others.

Key Responsibilities
• EMS Initiative Management
• Sponsorship Management & Business Development
• Meeting Coordination & Support
• Website & Social Media Management
• Additional Association Support Duties
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Demonstrated EMS industry experience (state EMS office experience preferred).
• Strong writing, editing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently and collaboratively.
• Familiarity with project management, databases/AMS platforms, Microsoft Office Suite, and data reporting.
• Experience with marketing or persuasive communication is a plus.
• Ability to travel for NASEMSO meetings.

To Apply Submit a letter of interest, and CV or résumé to: [email protected] on or before Sunday February 22, 2026.

Access the full announcement here:

02/03/2026

Looking for a new and exciting opportunity?? NASEMSO is hiring!!

EMS Highway Safety Liaison (NASEMSO)

This position is for an association management professional with demonstrated contemporary expertise in emergency medical services (EMS), post-crash care, NEMSIS and trauma registries and state-specific functions related to these. Experience should include project coordination and support and customer service. General responsibilities include coordinating successful ex*****on of National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) objectives, including serving as the subject matter expert in Post-Crash Care to support stakeholders in reducing the impact of crashes and other roadway related incidents, providing direct staff support to the Utah Highway Safety Office (HSO) and Bureau of EMS, and reporting to the NASEMSO Executive Director and the NASEMSO Board of Directors about project priorities and initiatives.

The successful candidate is expected to establish and maintain strong relationships with UT HSO and Bureau of EMS leadership, federal partners, NASEMSO members and state highway safety officials in contiguous states, and others. The EMS Highway Safety Liaison must be able to work with limited supervision, while maintaining many team interrelationships.

This position is based in Salt Lake City, Utah; no relocation assistance is available.

Application process closes at 11:59 pm mountain time on Friday February 13, 2026.

Visit our website for the full description and salary range:

01/12/2026

The NASEMSO Board gathered in Alexandria, Virginia for our annual Strategic Planning Retreat. The annual event brings all of our Councils and association officers together to review association work of the past year, as well as to conduct planning for the upcoming year and years to follow.

Pictured below in the back row from left to right: Justin Romanello (NH), Treasurer; Jason Rhodes (RI), President; Bill Fales (MI), Medical Directors' Council; Jason Cooley (ME), Personnel Licensure Council; Dylann Ferguson (MN), Great Lakes Region; Steve McCoy (FL), Secretary; Kraig Kinney (IN), President-Elect; Amber Viitanen (CO) Data Managers' Council.

Front row from left to right:
Jonah Raether (RI), Preparedness and Response Council; Richard Rhodes (GA), Education Council; Margaret Wogahn (WI), Trauma Managers' Council; Emily Doroz (D.C.), Pediatric Emergency Care Council; Ryan Greenberg (NY) East Region; Michael Johnson (GA), South Region; Tim Wilson (NE) Western Plains Region.

12/29/2025

NASEMSO Consolidated Blood and Blood Product Guidance - Now Available

Overwhelming evidence over the last few decades has demonstrated the potential lifesaving capacity of timely prehospital transfusions of whole blood and/or blood products in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock. Dating back to the 1966 release of Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society emergency medical services (EMS) systems have been working to save the lives of those in traumatic incidents. As of a March 2025 estimate, 2% of EMS agencies have prehospital blood programs and an estimated one million patients could benefit from its use annually. Research illustrates the lifesaving capacity of prehospital blood transfusions, but no state level evidence-based guidance exists to promote widespread implementation.

To fill this gap and in light of the rapidly evolving spectrum of whole blood and blood products in the prehospital management of hemorrhaging patients, NASEMSO has developed two distinct documents to help guide state EMS systems, policy makers, and local clinical EMS providers as they develop whole blood and blood product programs in their communities.

Prehospital Transfusion of Whole Blood and Blood Products: Considerations for State Officials provides overarching guidance for policy considerations related to program regulation. It is a multi-disicplinary approach with input from all NASEMSO Councils and Committees.

NASEMSO Blood Product Administration Documentation V.2 provides specific guidance for patient care reporting and National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) data collection.

Both documents are publicly available for download on our website under: Resources/Documents/Policy and Guidance Resources/Prehospital Blood

We anticipate updating these documents as well as developing new guidance as the need arises.

Thank you.

12/05/2025

The Prehospital Guidelines Consortium & American Heart Association are hosting a free webinar on December 11th, 2p eastern: Implementing Guidelines: Timing, Pitfalls, and Opportunities.

CAPCE and CME available.

Objectives include: learn key strategies for disseminating and implementing clinical guidelines within prehospital systems; discuss process challenges and tradeoffs associated with disseminating and implementing updates at shorter time interval; and identify lessons from previous guideline cycles that can inform future adoption strategies and patient outcomes.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/47nfb7t7
View webinar PDF: https://NASEMSO.org/docs.ashx?id=1661674

08/27/2025

Did you know, that data from the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicates that 43% of the people who died from injuries received during a motor vehicle crash were still alive when emergency services arrived on scene? This is why post-crash care and the systems which provide it are vital in supporting the National Roadway Safety Strategy. NASEMSO is committed to improving post-crash care and prehospital blood and blood product administration is one of the most promising new developments for saving lives. If you want to learn more, you can read the full report here: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86029 and there are multiple infographics available to view, print, and download: https://www.ems.gov/issues/prehospital-blood-transfusion/infographics/.

08/11/2025

Recently, NASEMSO President, Jason Rhodes, joined with senior representatives from other EMS organizations to provide information and awareness of issues and challenges facing EMS to the National Council of State Legislatures: https://www.facebook.com/NCSLorg

Other participating EMS organizations included:
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
National Association of Mobile Integrated Healthcare Providers
IInterstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice
National Association of EMS Physicians
American Ambulance Association
American College of Emergency Physicians

06/26/2025

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06/17/2025

🚑🏥🩺Pediatric sepsis readiness isn’t just for ICUs. It’s for EDs, urgent cares, EMS teams, and more.https://bit.ly/42NgT6o
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