OKLAHOMA EMS COALITION

Please consider distributing the attached information to
your membership. Please also forward this email to any EMS organizations you feel appropriate.
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As as a member of the Board of Advocates for EMS, I am
acutely concerned with the need for a stronger EMS presence on Capitol Hill. If we are to provide the best possible EMS care, we need help from our Senators and Representatives. They will not understand our issues, however, unless we engage in the existing legislative process.
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Having a standing legislative liasion through Advocates is
critically important, because Advocates is a broad based
coaltion of EMS stakeholders dedicated to improving all EMS, whether private or public, fire or private, transport or initial responder.
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We especially need to encourage our legislators to join the EMS Caucus. Please encourage your members to visit the website below and click on the "Take Action"
button. Please also encourage them to join Advocates!
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> Please call with any questions.
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> R. Shawn Rogers, President-Elect
> National Association of State EMS Officials

 Attached please find the Advocates October Legislative
Update. Congress is about to leave town passing only 3
appropriations bills funding federal agencies for 2009, one of which is the Department of Homeland Security. I have attached a chart that shows the final first responder program funding levels and first responder-related report language is included in the Legislative Update.
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In addition, we have made it easier than ever for you to
> contact your representative in the House of Representatives and ask them to join the EMS Caucus! You can now go to the Advocates for EMS website under the, “Take Action” section and with the click of a button send in a letter asking your Representative to join the EMS Caucus. Please remember there is some text you will have to edit or fill in– including your name, your role in EMS in your community and any other comments you may have when asking them to join
the Caucus. You may click on this link and it will take you directly to our CapWiz site:
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> http://www.capwiz. com/naemt/ home/
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Simply scroll down to the featured alert and click on the
“Take Action” button. It’s that easy. Please write
your members and ask them to join the EMS Caucus today!!
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As always, please feel free to contact me with questions,
> comments or concerns.
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> Lisa
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Lisa Meyer
Cornerstone Government Affairs
300 Independence Ave., S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20003
> (202)448-9522
> (202)448-9525 (fax)

Please consider becoming a member of the Advocates for EMS. They are representing your interests on a national level.

The Oklahoma EMS Coalition is considering becoming a member.

Please review the About Us page and contact your representative to let them know how you feel about this. GET INVOLVED! This DOES AFEFCT you and will for the rest of yoru career!