2000 Notices of EMS Fatalities

Driver Elwood C. Queen, Sr.
Age:	67
Date of Death:	November 30, 2000
Date of Funeral:	December 4, 2000
Agency:	Irvona Volunteer Ambulance Service, Irvona, PA
Cause of Death:	Ambulance Crash
Pilot Bart Bradshaw
Age:	28
Date of Death:	July 24, 2000
Date of Funeral:	July 27, 2000
Agency:	Baptist LifeFlight, Sylvester, GA
Cause of Death:	LifeFlight crash, Worth County, Georgia
RN Renee Chapman
Age:	29
Date of Death:	July 24, 2000
Date of Funeral:	July 27, 2000
Agency:	Baptist LifeFlight, Sylvester, GA
Cause of Death:	LifeFlight crash, Worth County, Georgia
Paramedic Michael "Stick" Elam
Age:	28
Date of Death:	July 24, 2000
Date of Funeral:	July 27, 2000
Agency:	Baptist LifeFlight, Sylvester, GA
Cause of Death:	LifeFlight crash, Worth County, Georgia
Flight Nurse Alicia Betita-Collins
Age:	51
Date of Death:	April 25, 2000
Date of Funeral:	May 2, 2000
Agency:	Bayfront Medical Center's Bayflite , Tampa, FL
Cause of Death:	Crash of aeromedical helicopter
Flight Paramedic Erik Hangartner
Age:	51
Date of Death:	April 25, 2000
Date of Funeral:	April 28, 2000
Agency:	Bayfront Medical Center's Bayflite , Tampa, FL
Cause of Death:	Crash of aeromedical helicopter
Pilot Mark Wallace
Age:	39
Date of Death:	April 25, 2000
Date of Funeral:	May 1, 2000
Agency:	Bayfront Medical Center's Bayflite , Tampa, FL
Cause of Death:	Crash of aeromedical helicopter
Paramedic Chester Ray "Chip" Pierce
Age:	27
Date of Death:	January 1, 2000
Date of Funeral:	January 6, 2000
Agency:	Medic One Ambulance - South Texas, Beeville, TX
Cause of Death:	Ambulance Involved Motor Vehicle Accident

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The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality is for notification purposes only. It is based upon information submitted to the National EMS Memorial Service regarding the death of an EMS provider which may be in the Line of Duty but which has not yet been fully investigated by us.

The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality does not indicate acceptance to the National EMS Memorial Service. Inclusion in the National EMS Memorial Service requires that a nominee meet the NEMSMS Criteria, a careful review of information on the Nomination Form and from all other sources, and an affirmative vote of the National EMS Memorial Service Board of Directors.

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