By Glenn Rolfe

GEORGETOWN — Add another top-three finish for Sussex County Emergency Medical Services’ in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services Games competition.

This year, it’s bronze, as the paramedic foursome finished behind the silver medalist the Fire Department of New York and the gold medal winner Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue in the finals April 28.

Paramedics Evan Schwab, Matt Troutman, Chaz Tennerman and Austen Kauffman from various Sussex medic units comprised the team.

“I think it speaks volumes for our service,” said Sussex County EMS director Robbie Murray. “Certainly, they represented us well. They put a lot of hard work in training and education (and) into preparing for the competition. And then, they performed extremely well. We’re very proud of them.”

The top three teams from the preliminary round — which included assessing and providing care during several high-pressure scenarios — advanced to the finals, which simulated a pancake collapse of a structure. Finalists competed in a 20-minute scenario, which required managing multiple patients.

Teams from across the United States participated in the contest, staged at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, where the games will return in 2023.

The 2021 JEMS Games were not held due to the pandemic.

Overall, Sussex County teams have earned a slew of medals in the JEMS Games, including gold in 2005, 2011 and 2018, silver in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2019 and bronze in 2013, 2020 and 2022.