Worcester EMS (Official)

12/12/2025

Yesterday, WEMS responded to a call for service for a minor motor vehicle accident. There were no injuries to parties involved. The crew found out one party involved was on her way to a doctors appointment and was coming close to missing her appointment all together.
With the help of Umass Memorial Police officers Det. Robinson and Officer Lindsey, Paramedics Horowitz and Montibello not only assessed the patient to ensure she was uninjured, but changed their flat tire and personally ensured she made it on time for her appointment!!
Kudos to our crew and Umass PD for giving us a reminder that sometimes, being a first responder means helping out in many different ways 🤎💛🚓🚑

12/07/2025

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12/07/2025

Come on down to Market on Brussels to check out one of our Ambulances and meet some of our crew members (including the guy in the red suit)!!! We’ll be here until 2pm! i

12/07/2025

Come visit us at the Holiday market !

12/07/2025

The Holiday Market has arrived!

Our anchor vendors will be joined by some great artists. And some businesses at 3 Brussels Street are participating. It's an open house.

Get your winter produce, meat, dairy, bread, your favorite artisan food, and browse expertly crafted hamdmade gifts.

We have activities! Keep your eyes peeled for jolly old St. Nick. Yes, Santa will be here.

Kids can take a shot at scoring a goal with Soccer Shots Central Mass and check out Worcester EMS Touch-A-Truck.

Pick up wreaths at Rock Harvest. They have wreaths made of winter greens, rustic wood, and herbal wreaths. Don't forget your veggies. Roots and wreaths!

12/05/2025

Last night, Worcester EMS proudly held our annual award ceremony presented by the Worcester EMS Relief Association. The Worcester EMS Relief Association is the custodian of the department awards program, all of which recognize members for years of dedicated service and participation in various programs like the Peer Support Team, Honor Guard, and Tactical Team, to name a few. The department’s highest awards are the medals of achievement, merit, and valor, which are presented to those who bring positive exposure to the department, go above and beyond the call of duty to save a life, or put themselves at great personal risk to help those in need.

Each year, members of our department gather to celebrate our peers that have been nominated for one of these prestigious awards, years of service milestones and another year of a job well done. Of special note this year:

- Lt. Joe Kuchinski was awarded a medal of achievement as recognition of receiving the Josie King Hero Award in 2021 for his work compiling data and raising awareness about assaults on EMS providers.
- Communication Specialist Ann Marie Parkinson received a medal of achievement for going above and beyond to recognize colleagues at the Worcester Regional Emergency Communications Center for their assistance in the time around Paramedic Phil Krause’s wake and funeral.
- The department introduced a new type of award, the Chief’s Commendation. The first five of these awards were presented to Communication Specialist Brian Cotoni’s sons, Matthew, Jason, and Jack; Communication Specialist Tabitha Westberg’s daughter, JuliAnn; and Captain Mark Wilson’s grandson, Brayden, for their dedicated volunteerism helping the department with many public outreach events.

We would like to thank Maxwell Luciano's at Union Station for hosting us, and to WEMSRA for organizing another fantastic awards night!
To our department: Congratulations for another year of hard work and relentless determination to go above and beyond - on and off the road.

12/05/2025

12/03/2025

Today the Worcester Fire Department reflects on 6 men who paid the ultimate sacrifice on December 3, 1999.

Lt. Thomas Spencer
Lt. Timothy Jackson
Lt. James Lyons
FF. Paul Brotherton
FF. Jeremiah Lucey
FF. Joeseph McGuirk

Our thoughts and prayers are with their families on this 26th anniversary.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! 🦃 Today, our on duty crews find moments to celebrate amidst their unwavering commitment responding to calls for service.

Not just today, but every day, we are incredibly grateful for our extraordinary staff members, who selflessly serve the city of Worcester!

Pictures 📸 courtesy of Lt. Gigliotti

11/21/2025

Worcester EMS has regularly scheduled staff meetings that focus on continued excellence in patient care and provide our staff with frequent opportunities for continuing education credits needed for biannual recertification. These meetings are largely run by our Medical Director, in conjunction with our Training Officer. This week, we concentrated on case reviews of several high-acuity, low-frequency 911 calls, documentation review, hands-on practice of surgical cricothyrotomies, and our EMS Fellows presented an EKG interpretation review. Our ALS staff also received training on administering an upcoming medication addition, IV Tylenol.
We also had a few furry 🐶 participants in attendance who were happy to provide distraction at any point!

11/11/2025

These members of the WEMS Honor Guard marched in today’s Veterans Day parade! Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all who have served.