About Us
The Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard has been established to
assure that all EMS providers will have an opportunity to be
represented in the unfortunate case of a line-of-duty death.
We are also available for EMS related events upon request.  


Although we take great steps in assuring our personal safety, many EMS
providers fall victim to unfortunate circumstances which causes injury or
even death. Until the spring of 2006, the state of Wisconsin had nothing in
place to represent EMS providers for their unselfish dedication to the health
and welfare of the people in the communities we serve. As we are all aware,
police and fire have respected long standing traditions of honoring their own
and now "all" EMS providers have the same opportunities for recognition. In
time, we will develop the same respected traditions that will help preserve
the memories of our fallen Heroes in EMS.

The Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard is now available to represent and honor all
EMS providers throughout the state in case of a death within our EMS Family.

We are also available upon request to perform color guard duties at EMS
venues, meetings, etc. Our mission is not only to honor our fallen brethren,
but to also promote the core values of EMS in Wisconsin and across the
United States.  

Our Honor Guard is currently in the building process with a fully active Post
located in the Fox Valley Area. We are adding members from across
Wisconsin and have other location in Wisconsin who are currently in the
process of forming their own branches of the WI EMS HG.  If anyone is
interested in joining the Honor Guard, please call or e-mail us for more
information. We are interested in adding members as well as helping form
new posts across Wisconsin.

All members of EMS are welcome to become members of the Honor Guard.
From First Responders to Paramedics, Municipal and Private, we are all
important links in the chain of survival that come together as one unit to form
what we know as emergency medical services. We believe we are all entitled
to be honored and recognised by our peers, family, and communities for our
service.
National EMS
Memorial

The names of all "line of duty
deaths" are listed in the
Roanoke, Virginia National
Memorial.

Please visit their website at


There you will find the names
of Wisconsin EMS providers
who lost their lives in the line
of duty as did many others
throughout the United States.

HONORED IN 1994

Debra J. Herter
Died in the line of duty
July 10 1984
New London Amb Service

Elizabeth Washebek
Died in the line of duty
Feb. 6 1989
Brazeau Rescue Squad, Pound


Thank you for your unselfish
dedication to EMS, and may
the memory of your service
live on forever.
In May of 1998 by order Senate and House of Representatives resolutions S. Con.
55 and H Com. Res 171, respectively, the National EMS Memorial in Roanoke,
Virginia was officailly recognized as the official EMS Memorial of the United States.

The National EMS Memorial is now in the process of locating a new site. For more
information, please visit their webpage at www.nemsms.org.