[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 44903-44904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11387]


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                Proclamation 10760 of May 17, 2024

                
National Emergency Medical Services Week, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, 
                we honor our Nation's courageous EMS providers, who put 
                it all on the line to deliver urgent, life-saving care 
                to people across our country in times of great need.

                Whether paramedics, emergency medical technicians, 911 
                and 988 dispatchers, or other first responders, EMS 
                providers routinely work long hours away from loved 
                ones to keep other families whole. They risk their own 
                lives and health, staring down storms, floods, or fires 
                and rushing to rescue people in need. For many 
                Americans, they are a beacon of hope in some of life's 
                toughest moments and let us know we are going to be 
                okay. We have a duty to show up for them the way they 
                show up for us.

                That is why my Administration is working to get every 
                EMS department in America the equipment and support 
                they deserve. During my first months in office, we 
                passed the American Rescue Plan, investing billions of 
                dollars to support EMS roles. Today, we are working 
                with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments 
                to keep EMTs on the job and to help them handle trauma 
                and burn out. We are working to get departments the 
                resources they need to provide better training and 
                equipment for EMS providers. To help ease staffing 
                shortages, we are also helping communities recruit and 
                train more firefighters, who often provide emergency 
                medical services as well. We are fighting to ease the 
                burden of student loans. In all, we have cancelled debt 
                for 4.6 million student borrowers, including for nearly 
                900,000 public service workers by fixing the Public 
                Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which many non-profit 
                or government EMS provider employees could be eligible 
                for.

                I have often said that courage lies in every heart, and 
                the expectation is that it will one day be summoned. It 
                is summoned every day for America's EMS providers. They 
                embody the best of our Nation--bravery, honor, and 
                respect, never failing to answer the call to help 
                others. This week, we thank them and the unions that 
                protect so many of our EMS providers and promise to 
                always have their backs.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 19 through 
                May 25, 2024, as National Emergency Medical Services 
                Week. I call upon public officials, doctors, nurses, 
                paramedics, EMS providers, and all the people of the 
                United States to observe this week with appropriate 
                programs, ceremonies, and activities to honor our brave 
                EMS workers and to pay tribute to the EMS providers who 
                have lost their lives in the line of duty.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                eighth.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2024-11387
Filed 5-21-24; 8:45 am]
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