National Emergency Medical Services Museum Inc

The National EMS Museum aims to foster an appreciation for the work of first responders while highlighting the diverse history of the emergency medical services in the United States.

The National EMS Museum strives to connect communities and first responders through exhibitions and programs, while supporting EMS education across the country and honoring current and previous responders.

In the next decade we hope to create a network of museum partners that support NEMSM's work in each state across the United States and produce exhibitions to visit communities across the country while supporting responder wellbeing and education.

Create meaningful exhibitions for our visitors/users
Develop quality educational programs for families, youth and practitioners
Offer mental health support through museum based program
Maintain an accessible archives of historic and current documents for use by industry and community leaders and researchers.
Collect and preserve artifacts relevant to the history of the emergency medical services

The National EMS Museum has hired a museum-trained consultant with experience in educational programing, exhibition development, and collection management. Our director is also working with leaders in the museum field to develop a framework for museum therapy to be implemented across institutions as part of her PhD research and degree requirements.

Our board consists of EMS industry leaders, from service and organizational leaders to support staff and industry vendors, as well as emerging and mid-career non-profit professionals and educators. The board is connected and experienced in emergency medical services and disaster response and community education. Through connections with colleagues and partners the board of the National EMS Museum is able to create opportunities to engage new communities in the Museum's activities and programs

The volunteers of the National EMS Museum represent a diverse group of individuals from young students to retired professionals, from a diverse ethnic and social-economic background, as well as diverse geographic locations. The volunteer corps represent the history and future of the emergency medical services in a kaleidoscope of ways.

The National EMS Museum intern group represents students at the cross-roads of higher education and emerging professionals. Interns serve for one semester, many continue on as volunteers and engage with the public and the volunteer corps regularly creating a network of support and encouragement for both volunteers, staff and interns.

It is the hope of the senior leadership that the diversity of the members and volunteers at the National EMS Museum encourages donors to support the programs and operations of the only museum dedicated to the national story of EMS in the United States. As we work on a shoestring budget every year to accomplish our goals and look to improve opportunities to engage more substantial funding now and in the future.

Create engaging and inspiring exhibitions and programs to share the unique history of the emergency medical services while increasing donor and membership support significantly in the last three years.

In the next three years we hope to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders that will ensure financial stability for the organization. Continue to collect and preserve artifacts, oral histories and archival material relating to the history and innovation of EMS and to continue to grow in our commitment to diversity and equality within our organization and the EMS field through actions like volunteer and board participation, lending voices and support to important industry initiatives and engage more communities in the museum's research, exhibitions and programs.