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City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
February 9, 2018
Rusty Powers named SPEMS Educator of the Year
Plainview Firefighter Chief Rusty Powers was named the South Plains EMS
st
(SPEMS) Educator of the Year at the 41 Annual SPEMS Conference in
Lubbock.
Powers was also named Educator of the Year in 2009; thus making it the
second time he has won the award.
“Rusty cares for his students and pushes them to achieve their full potential,” said Tyeson and
Mason, Power’s son who presented the award. “Our dad is the biggest influence in our lives.”
Powers has served as Chief of the Plainview Fire Department for nine years and in the
department for twenty seven years. He also served with the Olton EMS since 1979.
“It is such an honor and I am excited I can pay it forward by sharing what I learned with other
paramedics,” said Powers. “A big thank to you my wife, sons, daughter and grandkids as well as
other instructors, former and current students. I also appreciate the long standing support from
the members of the Plainview Fire Department and Olton EMS.”
SPEMS is an organization that consists of over 75 EMS services, hospitals, and first responder
organizations located in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains. The non-profit organization’s
goal is to reduce mortality and morbidity by addressing and solving medical and trauma related
needs through effective regional coordination of emergency medical services, and in the
process, increase the accessibility, consistency and quality of emergency health care provided
to the residents of the Texas South Plains.
For more information about the Plainview Fire Department, contact Rusty Powers at 296.1170.
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