Southern Region EMS Council About Our Organization

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.

Southern Region EMS Council
Southern Region EMS Council

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

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Michael Forcier

Chief Executive Officer

mforcier@sremsc.org

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Don Smith

Regional Training Coordinator

dsmith@sremsc.org

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Keagan Whitcomb

Data and Education Program Coordinator

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Nataliia Parfireva

Accounting Manager

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Patience Mills

Administrative Assistant

pmills@sremsc.org

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Kenai Peninsula

EMS Coordinator

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Allison Gonzales

AHA Training Center Coordinator

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Stacye Westerlin

Accounting Assistant

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Al Sandominick

Rural Training Specialist

asandominick@sremsc.org

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Dr. Christopher Calvert

Medical Director

ccalvert@sremsc.org

Southern Region Board of Directors

Executive Committee 2022-2024

Virginia McMichael

Virginia McMichael

Executive Committee
President  
Chugiak, Alaska
Anchorage Sub-Region

Harrison Deveer

Harrison Deveer

Executive Committee
Vice President
Nikiski, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula Sub-Region

Michael Riley

Michael Riley

Executive Committee
Treasurer

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Sub-Region

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Executive Committee
Secretary
Alaska
Member at Large

Alix Chartier

Alix Chartier

Executive Committee

Seldovia, Alaska
Member at Large

Deb Whitehorn

Deb Whitethorn

Executive Committee
Immediate Past President
Girdwood, Alaska
Member at Large

Board of Directors 2021-2023

Chris Babcock

Chris Babcock

King Cove, Alaska
Aleutian/Pribilof & Eastern Aleutian Tribes Sub-Region

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Shanda Lohse, MD

EAT/Eastern Aleutian Tribes
Aleutian/Pribilof & Eastern Aleutian Tribes Sub-Region

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Dr. Benjamin Maxon

Dillingham, Alaska

Bristol Bay Sub-Region

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Bristol Bay Sub-Region

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Copper River Sub-Region

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Copper River Sub-Region

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Samantha Cunningham

Homer, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula Sub-Region

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Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Island Sub-Region

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Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak Island Sub-Region

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Anne Farbman

Cordova, Alaska

Prince William Sound Sub-Region

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Prince William Sound Sub-Region

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Michael Crotty

Wasilla, Alaska
Mat-Su Borough Sub-Region

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Charlene Barber

Palmer, Alaska

Mat-Su Borough Sub-Region

Bill Mackreth

Bill Mackreth

Wasilla, Alaska

Member at Large

 

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Charlie Grimm

Anchorage, Alaska

Member at Large

Liaison Members

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John S. Bragg

Instructor/Provider

ANTHC, CHAP

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Angeline Washington

Trauma Nurse Director, ANTHC

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Southern Region Sub-Regions

The Southern Region is indicated in red on the map below. The Southern Region is split into 8 sub-regions. Follow the links below to meet the Sub-region EMS Coordinators.

  • Aleutian/Pribilof Islands
  • Anchorage
  • Bristol Bay
  • Copper River
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Kodiak Island Borough
  • Mat-Su
  • Prince William Sound

EMS Regions

Region Contact Phone Website
InteriorBrad Paulson
Executive Director
AURORA Regional Data Manager
bpaulson@interioremscouncil.org
(907) 456-3978www.iremsc.org
North Slope
Borough
Rhys Mateo
Executive Director
Rhys.mateo@north-slope.org
(907) 602-8436www.north-slope.org
Northwest Arctic
Borough
Don Fancher Jr.
EMS Director
donald.fancher@maniilaq.org
(907) 442-7595www.maniilaq.org
Norton
Sound
Mike Owens
EMS Director
owensm@nshcorp.org
(907) 852-0234www.nortonsoundhealth.org
SoutheastBobbi Leichty
Executive Director
director@serems.org
(907) 747-8005www.seremsc.org
SouthernMichael Forcier
Chief Executive Officer
mforcier@sremsc.org
(907) 562-6449www.sremsc.org
Yukon- KuskokwimTeresa Markham
Injury Control &
EMS Manager
Teresa_Markham@ykhc.org
(907) 543-6080www.ykhc.org