UPRHSD Awards, Commendations, and Highlights

911 Operations

2023

  • Special District Association’s J. Evan Goulding District of the Year 
  • Colorado State EMT Of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC EMT of the Year
  • Colorado State EMS Agency of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC EMS Agency of the Year

2022

  • Plains to Peak RETAC EMT Of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC Paramedic of the Year
  • Colorado State Paramedic of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC Paramedic of the Year
  • Colorado State Paramedic of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC EMS Instructor of the Year
  • Colorado State EMS Instructor of the Year

2021

  • Colorado State EMT Of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC EMT of the Year
  • Career Lifetime Achievement
  • Plains to Peak RETAC Lifetime Achievement

2018

  • Colorado State EMS Agency Of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC EM SAgency of the Year
  • Colorado State Career Paramedic of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC Paramedic of the Year

2016

  • Colorado State EMT Of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC EMT of the Year

2015

  • Colorado State Career Paramedic of the Year
  • Plains to Peak RETAC Paramedic of the Year

2014

  • Colorado State Career EMT Basic Of the Year
  • Colorado State Career Paramedic of the Year

2011

  • Colorado State Career EMT Paramedic Of the Year

2010

  • Colorado State Career Lifetime Achievement

2007

  • Colorado State Career Paramedic of the Year

2006

  • Colorado State EMS Agency Of the Year

2005

  • Colorado State Volunteer Lifetime Achievement 

PACT Operations

2023

  • Recognized at Mobile Integrated Healthcare Conference as a National Gold Standard for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Crisis Care. 
  • Recognized as a Program of Excellence and the standard for Colorado State’s new Behavioral Health Administration’s crisis response program design.
  • Panelist at the Teller County Suicide Awareness Symposium

2020

  • Colorado State Community Paramedic Of the Year

Outreach & Education Programs

2023

  • UPRHSD was highlighted in a Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) documentary on stroke care and austere medicine around the globe.
  • Joined Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado (EMSAC) for EMS date at the Capitol in Denver.

2022

  • Education Captain Position Created