Honor the Legacy of Our Service — Donate Today
Every EMS professional answers the call to serve others. When one of our own makes their final call, they deserve to be honored with the same dignity, respect, and gratitude they showed throughout their career.
The Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard Association is committed to ensuring that no Emergency Medical Services professional is ever forgotten. Our volunteer members provide ceremonial funeral honors, memorial services, and tributes that recognize the dedication and sacrifice of EMS personnel throughout Wisconsin.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 81-1077737), your tax-deductible donation directly supports:
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Ceremonial uniforms and equipment
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Honor Guard training and education
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Maintenance of ceremonial supplies
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Travel expenses for funeral honors and memorial services
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Statewide outreach and support for EMS families
Every member of the Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard Association serves as a volunteer. This means your contribution goes directly toward fulfilling our mission—not salaries or administrative overhead.
Your generosity allows us to stand beside grieving families, honor those who dedicated their lives to serving others, and preserve the traditions of the EMS profession for generations to come.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
Together, we ensure that no EMS professional is ever forgotten.
Honoring Our Profession, and the Legacy of Service Our Heroes Gave.
WI EMS Honor Guard Association
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A LEGACY BORN OF SACRIFICE
Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard Association
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At the close of 2002, Wisconsin EMS mourned one of its own.
A devoted paramedic answered the Final Call, and in that solemn hour there was grief, respect, and sacrifice—but there was no formal Honor Guard to stand watch over one who had faithfully stood watch for others.
From that silence arose a promise.
A handful of EMS professionals united with a single purpose: that no Emergency Medical Services provider would ever again leave this world without the honor, dignity, and ceremonial respect earned through a life of service.
From humble beginnings grew a statewide brotherhood and sisterhood founded upon duty, discipline, compassion, and remembrance.
Through countless hours of training, unwavering commitment, and steadfast resolve, traditions were forged, standards established, and a legacy created.
Today, the Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard Association stands beside families in their darkest hours, honoring those who dedicated their lives to serving others.
For every folded flag, every measured step, every solemn salute, and every final watch, we renew the promise first made more than two decades ago:
~ No Provider Forgotten.
No Family Alone.
No Sacrifice Unrecognized.~
What began in sorrow now stands in strength.
What began with loss now lives as legacy.
The Watch Continues. The Honor Remains. The Story Continues.
Respectfully Dedicated,
Craig A. Nelson, Paramedic
Commander
Wisconsin EMS Honor Guard Association