National Conference Celebrates Board Vice-President McCarthy

CONGRATULATIONS to Jennifer McCarthy, NJEMSTF Board Member and Vice President, on receiving the prestigious 2025 Directors Award at the recent National Conference on EMS in Atlantic City.

McCarthy’s unwavering commitment to EMS and her impact reaches throughout the state – and the country. In addition to teaching classes at the conference, McCarthy oversees and manages the team that develops, produces, and stages the annual SIMS competition. Under her leadership, she has integrated NJEMSTF’s Mental Health Resilience Officers program to deepen the impact of the debriefing process and support competitors throughout it. This initiative has helped to normalize mental health services within the EMS community.

Our planners and members of the NJEMSTF also had a big week at the conference, providing classes on leadership and planning for disaster topics. The courses included expertise instruction on coordinating EMS during wildland fires, training new EMS providers in resilience strategies, uses and lessons learned from our Medical Ambulance Bus fleet deployments, and a day-long staging area manager program.

As a strong partner of the NJ Department of Health, the NJEMSTF stands committed to serving and protecting the residents and visitors of our state.

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