A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR aNDERSON COUNTY EMS FOR ITS EXCELLENT WORK TO SAVE LIVES AND RESCUE THOSE IN DISTRESS COUNTYWIDE AND TO CONGRATULATE THE EMS RESPONDERS UPON RECEIVING System of the Year.

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn that Anderson County EMS was honored as System of the Year by the South Carolina EMS Association, in partnership with the South Carolina EMS Network, at the 44th Annual South Carolina EMS Symposium on Saturday, March 4, 2023; and

Whereas, this statewide recognition, the highest award available to a county EMS in the State of South Carolina, has followed a system overhaul and the resulting unprecedented EMS response times in Anderson County; and

Whereas, Anderson County Director Steve Kelly credits partnership that Anderson County EMS has developed with Medshore Ambulance Service and AnMed Health for this prestigious honor and the accomplishment it represents; and

Whereas, over the past several years, Anderson County Council and County Administrator Rusty Burns have continued to provide support, focus, and investment in the County EMS so that improvements could be made to build a premier EMS system in Anderson County; and

Whereas, when changes were made to unify the EMS system, significant improvements were able to be accomplished in a very short period of time so that Anderson County first responders could work efficiently to save lives in Anderson County; and

Whereas, the new system is one-hundred percent staffed, and response-time goals, which are defined as nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds or less, are now being met ninety-five percent of the time on priority-one calls compared with sixty-five percent under the previous system.  Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor Anderson County EMS for its excellent work to save lives and rescue those in distress countywide and congratulate the EMS responders upon receiving System of the Year.

Be it further resolved that the copy of this resolution be presented to Anderson County EMS.

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