NAEMT EMS and Rescuer Relief Fund

Many members of the EMS community are asking what they can do to help their fellow medics affected by Hurricane Katrina. As NAEMT members know, after 9-11, NAEMT established the EMS and Rescuer Relief Fund to collect money for the victims of the disaster. That fund remains operational.

NAEMT urges anyone who is able to make a financial donation to send a check to the NAEMT EMS and Rescuer Relief Fund c/o the NAEMT Headquarters, PO Box 1400, Clinton, MS 39060-1400. Credit card donations can be made by calling 1-800-34-NAEMT. Individual and corporate donations are welcomed and corporations are encouraged to match employee contributions. NAEMT has pledged to cover the operational costs of the fund, permitting all donations to the fund to be distributed in their entirety.

The money collected will be made available to EMS professionals who need help re-building their lives in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina. No decisions have been made yet as to precisely when and how the funds will be disseminated. After 9-11, NAEMT disseminated $107,553 to assist the families of EMS workers who died in the line of duty while responding to the terrorist attacks.

The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) has made the first donation on behalf of EMS victims of Hurricane Katrina to the NAEMT EMS and Rescuer Relief Fund. The donation amount of $5,000 was approved by the NAEMT Board of Directors in an emergency meeting held Tuesday.