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

Jon Sapp
Education and Data Programs Coordinator

Julie Pannone
Finance Manager

Sara Reading
Administrative Assistant

Ryon Turley

Haley Lundak
AHA Training Center Coordinator

Brianna Sutton
Accounting Assistant

Joshua Lundak
Resource Coordinator
Southern Region Board of Directors
Executive Committee 2020-2021

Deb Whitethorn
Executive Committee
President
Girdwood, Alaska
Member at Large
Anchorage Sub-Region

Harrison Deveer
Executive Committee
Vice President
Nikiski, Alaska
Member at Large
Kenai Peninsula Sub-Region

Steve Heyano
Executive Committee
Treasurer
LifeMed Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Air and Ground Transport

Alix Chartier
Executive Committee
Secretary
Seldovia, Alaska
Native Non-Profit with Healthcare Powers within CIRI Region Seat

Shanna Rockenbach
Executive Committee
Member at Large
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Island Sub-Region

Virginia McMichael
Executive Committee
Immediate Past President
Chugiak, Alaska
Anchorage Sub-Region
Board of Directors 2020-2021

Vacant
APIA/Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Aleutian/Pribilof Sub-Region

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

Michael Riley
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage Sub-Region

Matt Lorenz
Glennallen, Alaska
Copper River Sub-Region

Vacant
Bristol Bay Sub-Region

Vacant
Bristol Bay Sub-Region

Vacant
Copper River Sub-Region

Glori Strickler
Wasilla, Alaska
Mat-Su Borough Sub-Region

Lillian Hottmann
Homer, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula Sub-Region

Joanie Behrends
Cordova, Alaska
Prince William Sound Sub-Region

Vacant
Prince William Sound Sub-Region

Jim Mullican
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Island Sub-Region

Vacant
Wasilla, Alaska
Mat-Su Borough Sub-Region

Bill Mackreth
Member at Large
Wasilla, Alaska
Liaison Members

John S. Bragg
Instructor/Provider
ANTHC, CHAP

Angeline Washington
Trauma Nurse Director, ANTHC

Vacant

Lieutenant Paul Fussey
Search and Rescue Coordinator
Alaska State Troopers
EMS Regions
Region | Contact | Phone | Website |
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Interior | Wilma Vinton Executive Director AURORA Regional Data Manager wvinton@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 |