A concurrent RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ANDERSON COUNTY EMS DIRECTOR STEVE KELLY FOR HIS EXCELLENT WORK IN LEADING ANDERSON EMS AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON RECEIVING EMS DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn that Anderson County EMS Director Steve Kelly was honored as Director of the Year by the South Carolina EMS Association, in partnership with the South Carolina EMS Network, at the 44th Annual South Carolina EMS Symposium on Saturday, March 4, 2023; and

 

Whereas, this statewide recognition, the highest award available to a county EMS director in the State of South Carolina, is in recognition of his leadership of the Anderson County EMS system overhaul and the resulting unprecedented EMS response times in Anderson County.  Director Kelly's award was made all the sweeter in that Anderson County EMS received the award for the System of the Year; and

 

Whereas, Director Kelly credits partnership that Anderson County EMS has developed with Medshore Ambulance Service and AnMed Health for the accomplishments he has been able to achieve; and

 

Whereas, over the past several years, Anderson County Council and County Administrator Rusty Burns have continued to provide support, focus, and investment in the improvements that could help to make Anderson County EMS a premier EMS system; and

 

Whereas, when changes were made to unify the EMS system, significant improvements were able to be accomplished in a very short period of time so that Anderson County first responders could work efficiently to save lives and assist those in distress in Anderson County; and

 

Whereas, under Director Kelly's leadership, the new system is one-hundred percent staffed, and response-time goals, which are defined as nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds or less, are now being met ninety-five percent of the time on priority-one calls compared with sixty-five percent under the previous system.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

 

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor Anderson County EMS Director Steve Kelly for his excellent work in leading Anderson County EMS and congratulate him upon receiving EMS Director of the Year.

 

Be it further resolved that the copy of this resolution be presented to EMS Director Steve Kelly.

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