AMR Springfield: EMS memorial convoy honors ‘unsung heroes of public safety’
SPRINGFIELD — Sirens could be heard echoing off the buildings in downtown Springfield on June 29, announcing the arrival of six ambulances and emergency medical services vehicles.
Crews from American Medical Response Springfield escorted the vehicles from the National EMS Memorial Moving Honors convoy to the steps of City Hall, where they honored their fallen colleagues.
Emergency Medical Service professionals die in the course of their duties every year. Unlike their first responder colleagues in the police and fire fields, however, there is no permanent national memorial for them. The memorial service has been hosted annually for three decades, and each year a display dubbed the “Tree of Life” is built and the names of the previous year’s fallen colleagues are added. Since 2020, a convoy of EMS vehicles has journeyed across the country, carrying the Tree of Life from city to city and state to state, allowing people to pay tribute.
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