Medic awarded for EMS services

Bill Dahlke, a volunteer for South Central EMS, was granted the Pete Vase Medic of the Year Award for 2013.

The award is given to one EMS crew in the state of Wyoming each year. This year, at the Annual Trauma Conference held in August in Cheyenne, Dahlke was presented the award.

“This is probably once in a life time thing,” Dahlke said.

The award goes to those who, not only show exceptional skills as a medic, but also help the community, said Bob Dean, EMT-P for the Wyoming Department of Health.

“The Pete Vase Award has become a very prestigious kind of award,” Dean said, and goe...