PULSE Magazine | February 2019 Issue

Mr. Simmons pictured with Chief Rodriguez last year.

From 1999 to present he is the CEO of a private company, which owns and operates ambulatory surgery centers in New Jersey. He currently lives in Chappaqua, New York with wife Laura and stepson. Last year we were very honored when Mr. Simmons stopped by Austin-Travis County EMS Headquarters and visited with Chief Rodriguez and members of our executive staff. Mr. Simmons’ also shared an article published in JEMS Magazine in January 1985 written by Jim Page in which Austin EMS is awarded the NAEMTs prestigious Service of the Year Award for 1984. The article tells the important historical story about how the City of Austin’s EMS Department was conceived and details the early challenges and champions for the system who laid the groundwork that allowed for the innovation and progress we enjoy today.

The article follows this one on the next several pages.

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