Southern Region Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. (SREMSC) is a non-profit corporation established in 1975 to serve as a regional resource center for the emergency medical services system in southcentral and southwestern Alaska.
The region covers an area of 192,369 square miles, extending more than 2,000 miles across, from Cordova in the east to Attu Island in the west. The region serves 100 ambulance and first responder services from the biggest city to the smallest towns and villages, ranging in population size from 25 to 260,000. Two-thirds of those communities are very remote, and do not have access to the rest of the state by road.
Improve the quality, availability and sustainability of emergency patient care.
SREMSC is a devoted team working for all the people of EMS, helping them provide the best in patient care, integrating them into the health care team, and ensuring their commitment and value are recognized. We promote growth and development of community EMS. We promote excellence in patient care, quality management, injury prevention, and professionalism. We value the volunteer and paid providers of emergency care.
We advocate always for EMS.
Promote excellence in emergency care support and strengthen emergency medical services. Foster relationships with regional and statewide systems.
We promote excellence in Emergency Medical Service throughout our Region by fostering self-sustaining EMS organizations that place their trust in us and look to us for guidance.
We provide information on new technologies, changing standards and the most up-to-date EMS practices. We enhance patient care through the highest quality instruction, continuing education, quality assurance programs, and training in management principles.
We encourage EMS personnel to become involved in regional, state and national organizations. We work together to further EMS, participate in its growth, and develop its standards.
We provide instructor training and resources to promote each community's independence, and where resources are limited, we assist communities through other means.
Southern Region Staff
Michael Forcier
Chief Executive Officer
Don Smith
Regional Training Coordinator
Keagan Whitcomb
Data and Education Program Coordinator
Nataliia Parfireva
Accounting Manager
Patience Mills
Administrative Assistant
Vacant
Kenai Peninsula
EMS Coordinator
Allison Gonzales
AHA Training Center Coordinator
Stacye Westerlin
Accounting Assistant
Al Sandominick
Rural Training Specialist
Southern Region Board of Directors
Executive Committee 2022-2024
Virginia McMichael
Executive Committee
President
Chugiak, Alaska
Anchorage Sub-Region
Harrison Deveer
Executive Committee
Vice President
Nikiski, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula Sub-Region
Michael Riley
Executive Committee
Treasurer
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage Sub-Region
Vacant
Executive Committee
Secretary
Alaska
Member at Large
Alix Chartier
Executive Committee
Seldovia, Alaska
Member at Large
Deb Whitethorn
Executive Committee
Immediate Past President
Girdwood, Alaska
Member at Large
Board of Directors 2021-2023
Chris Babcock
King Cove, Alaska
Aleutian/Pribilof & Eastern Aleutian Tribes Sub-Region
Shanda Lohse, MD
EAT/Eastern Aleutian Tribes
Aleutian/Pribilof & Eastern Aleutian Tribes Sub-Region
Dr. Benjamin Maxon
Dillingham, Alaska
Bristol Bay Sub-Region
Vacant
Bristol Bay Sub-Region
Vacant
Copper River Sub-Region
Vacant
Copper River Sub-Region
Samantha Cunningham
Homer, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula Sub-Region
Vacant
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Island Sub-Region
Vacant
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Island Sub-Region
Anne Farbman
Cordova, Alaska
Prince William Sound Sub-Region
Vacant
Prince William Sound Sub-Region
Michael Crotty
Wasilla, Alaska
Mat-Su Borough Sub-Region
Charlene Barber
Palmer, Alaska
Mat-Su Borough Sub-Region
Bill Mackreth
Wasilla, Alaska
Member at Large
Charlie Grimm
Anchorage, Alaska
Member at Large
Liaison Members
John S. Bragg
Instructor/Provider
ANTHC, CHAP
Angeline Washington
Trauma Nurse Director, ANTHC
Vacant
Vacant
EMS Regions
Region | Contact | Phone | Website |
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Interior | Brad Paulson Executive Director AURORA Regional Data Manager bpaulson@interioremscouncil.org | (907) 456-3978 | www.iremsc.org |
North Slope Borough | Rhys Mateo Executive Director Rhys.mateo@north-slope.org | (907) 602-8436 | www.north-slope.org |
Northwest
Arctic Borough | Don Fancher Jr. EMS Director donald.fancher@maniilaq.org | (907) 442-7595 | www.maniilaq.org |
Norton Sound | Mike Owens EMS Director owensm@nshcorp.org | (907) 852-0234 | www.nortonsoundhealth.org |
Southeast | Bobbi Leichty Executive Director director@serems.org | (907) 747-8005 | www.seremsc.org |
Southern | Michael Forcier Chief Executive Officer mforcier@sremsc.org | (907) 562-6449 | www.sremsc.org |
Yukon- Kuskokwim | Teresa Markham Injury Control & EMS Manager Teresa_Markham@ykhc.org | (907) 543-6080 | www.ykhc.org |