Scurry County EMS named regional provider of the year

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  • Scurry County EMS received the South Plains EMS Public/Private Provider of the Year award earlier this month. Pictured on the front row are (l-r) Jimmy Futrelle, Shane Terry, Sterling Williams, Drew Wilson, Jeremy Beal and Adam Wester. On the back row are Ty Lorenz, Jeremy Moody, Jason Gruben, Jason Tyler, Elaine Gutierrez, Rebecca Durham, Russel Thomas, Katrina Reynolds, Brenda Alvarado, January Blackwell, Cindy Josey and Jaffin Durham.
    Scurry County EMS received the South Plains EMS Public/Private Provider of the Year award earlier this month. Pictured on the front row are (l-r) Jimmy Futrelle, Shane Terry, Sterling Williams, Drew Wilson, Jeremy Beal and Adam Wester. On the back row are Ty Lorenz, Jeremy Moody, Jason Gruben, Jason Tyler, Elaine Gutierrez, Rebecca Durham, Russel Thomas, Katrina Reynolds, Brenda Alvarado, January Blackwell, Cindy Josey and Jaffin Durham.
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Scurry County EMS was recently named the public/private provider of the year for the South Plains region, an honor the service had never won before.
Scurry County EMS was nominated and the application was reviewed by the South Plains EMS (SPEMS) board of directors. Cindy Josey, the program development supervisor for Scurry County EMS, learned last month that the local agency was chosen from the nearly 50 EMS services in the region.
“I didn’t tell anyone for about a week,” Josey said. “I wanted to keep it a bit of a surprise. You want everyone to be excited about it.”
The award was presented during a SPEMS conference in Lubbock on Feb. 6.
Scurry County EMS employees had previously won individual awards, but the agency has not received a departmental award.
Director Jason Tyler said the award is an honor and reflects on the community and the staff at Scurry County EMS.
“I think it shows the support from the public and the county,” Tyler said. “The public has been great about supporting us. If it weren’t for the commissioners’ court, we wouldn’t be where we are. And we’ve got a great staff. The employees here are top-notch, good clinicians.”