Nansemond Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad and its members have received numerous awards over the years.
Governor’s EMS Awards Recipients
Governor’s Award for Excellence in Emergency Medical Services
1993 Michael D. Berg
Governor’s Award to the Outstanding Pre-Hospital Educator
2002 Thomas G. Mingin
2005 Thomas G. Calogrides
Governor’s Award to the Outstanding EMS Administrator
2001 Robert W. (Rusty) Hundley
Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council Awards
Year |
Award |
Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Willie “Melvin” Smith, Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad |
| 2015 | Excellence in EMS (R.C. Dailey Award) | W Lawrence Daniels, Nansemond Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad |
| Outstanding Contribution to EMS by a Physician (Frank M. Yeiser Award) | Joel C. Michael, MD, Emergency Physicians of Tidewater – Medical Director of Nansemond Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
| 2013 | R. C. Dailey Award for Excellence in EMS | Judith A. Shuck – Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System, Mass Casualty Preparedness Coordinator and Nansemond-Suffolk VRS, Vice President |
| 2011 | James M. Wagenbach Outstanding EMS Educator | Shamera C. Boone, EMT-P, Tidewater Community College, Virginia-1 DMAT and Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad |
| 2009 | R. C. Dailey Award for Excellence in EMS | Robert W. Hundley (Nansemond-Suffolk VRS, Virginia-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team) |
| Outstanding Prehospital Provider | Judith A. Shuck (Nansemond-Suffolk VRS) | |
| 2008 | Outstanding Prehospital Provider | Jeffrey P. Elmore (Nansemond-Suffolk VRS) |
| Bruce W. Edwards Award for Outstanding EMS Administrator | George W. Willman, IV (Nansemond-Suffolk VRS) | |
| Outstanding EMS Agency | Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
| 2007 | Frank M. Yeiser, Jr. Award for Outstanding Operational Medical Director | Arthur L. Chambers, III, MD |
| Outstanding EMS Agency | Nansemond Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
| 2006 | R. C. Dailey Award for Excellence in Emergency Medical Services | Jefferson Brittingham of Suffolk with the Pruden Center |
| 2005 | James M. Wagenbach Outstanding EMS Instructor | Thomas G. Calogrides, Jr. |
| 2004 | R. C. Dailey Award for Excellence In Emergency Medical Services | W. Melvin Smith |
| Outstanding Public Safety Communications Officer | C. Randy Bailey | |
| Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Agency | Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
| 2001 | Outstanding EMS Administrator | Robert W. Hundley |
| 2000 | Outstanding EMS Instructor | Jefferson L. Brittingham |
| 1999 | Outstanding EMS Agency | Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad |
| Frank M. Yeiser, Jr. Outstanding Operational Medical Director | Arthur L. Chambers, MD | |
| 1998 | Outstanding EMS Administrator | Gordon L. Worrell |
| 1997 | Outstanding Field Provider, Advanced Life Support | John D. Wanamaker |
| Outstanding Public Safety Communications Officer | Stella G. Germ |
