Document ID: NHTSA-2012-0027-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Applicants: National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2012-03-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12908-12909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5088]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0027]

Appointment/Reappointment to the National Emergency Medical 
Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Request for Applicants for Appointment/Reappointment 
to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC).

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SUMMARY: NHTSA is soliciting applications for appointment or 
reappointment to DOT's NEMSAC. The purpose of NEMSAC is to serve as a 
nationally recognized council of emergency medical services (EMS) 
representatives and consumers to provide advice and recommendations 
regarding EMS to DOT and its modal administration, NHTSA, and through 
NHTSA to the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS).

DATES: Applications for membership (including resume or curriculum 
vitae (CV), letters of recommendation, and a statement identifying the 
EMS sector or discipline that the applicant seeks to represent) should 
reach NHTSA at the address below on or before 5 p.m. EST, on Friday, 
March 30, 2012.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to apply for membership, your application should 
be submitted by:
     Email: NEMSAC@dot.gov.
     Fax: (202) 366-7149.
     Mail: Use only overnight mail such as UPS or FedEx to: 
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Office of Emergency Medical Services, Attn: NEMSAC, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NTI-140, Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer, Drew 
Dawson, Director, Office of Emergency Medical Services, telephone (202) 
366-9966; email drew.dawson@dot.gov, or Noah Smith at (202) 366-5030 or 
via email at noah.smith@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEMSAC is an advisory council established by 
DOT in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) and DOT Order 
1120.3B. NEMSAC provides information, advice, and recommendations to 
the Secretary via the Administrator of NHTSA, and through NHTSA to 
FICEMS on matters relating to all aspects of development and 
implementation of EMS.
    In accordance with the NEMSAC Charter, a copy of which is available 
at www.EMS.gov/nemsac, members should represent a cross-section of the 
diverse agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in EMS 
activities and programs in the U.S. NEMSAC consists of not more than 26 
members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary. Members 
serve in a ``representatives'' capacity on NEMSAC and not as Special 
Government Employees. Pursuant to the charter, 24 of these members must 
represent the perspectives of particular sectors of the EMS community. 
Members will be selected for their individual expertise and to reflect 
a balanced representation of interests from across the EMS community, 
but no member will represent a specific organization.
    To the extent practical, the final council membership shall assure 
representation from the following sectors of the EMS community:

 Volunteer EMS
 Fire-based (career) EMS
 Private (career non-fire) EMS
 Hospital-based EMS
 Tribal EMS
 Air Medical EMS
 Local EMS service directors/administrators
 EMS Medical Directors
 Emergency Physicians
 Trauma Surgeons
 Pediatric Emergency Physicians
 State EMS Directors
 State Highway Safety Directors
 EMS Educators
 Public Safety Call-taker/Dispatcher (911)
 EMS Data Managers
 EMS Researchers
 Emergency Nurses
 Hospital Administration
 Public Health
 Emergency Management
 State Homeland Security Director
 Consumers (not directly affiliated with an EMS or healthcare 
organization)
 State or local legislative bodies (e.g. city/county councils; 
state legislatures)

    Qualified individuals interested in serving on the NEMSAC are 
invited to

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apply for appointment by submitting a resume or CV along with letters 
of recommendation to NHTSA at the addresses listed above by March 30, 
2012. Each applicant must identify the EMS sector or discipline that he 
or she seeks to represent. Current NEMSAC members whose terms are 
ending should notify the Designated Federal Officer of their interest 
in reappointment in lieu of submitting a new application, and should 
provide an updated resume or CV and a restatement of the current sector 
they represent by March 30, 2012.
    The NEMSAC meets in plenary session approximately once per quarter. 
Members serve without compensation from the Federal Government; 
however, pursuant to the terms of the Charter, they receive travel 
reimbursement and per diem in accordance with applicable Federal Travel 
Regulations.

    Issued on: February 28, 2012.
Jeffrey P. Michael,
Associate Administrator for Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2012-5088 Filed 3-1-12; 8:45 am]
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