Tammy Barton

Tammy recently retired from her EMS career. A career that spanned 33 years as an AEMT. 32 of those years she worked as the Training Officer for Garfield County Ambulance and 31 years as an Instructor and Training Officer for the state of Utah. She finished her career as the Garfield County EMS Director (25 yrs.). During her career she was involved in many things EMS in the state of Utah; such as the EMSC/PEPP (Pediatric EMS) program, serving on the State EMS Committee for 8 years, and a founding member of the REMSDAU (Rural EMS Directors Assoc. of Utah). The only thing she couldn’t give up yet was her involvement in the Utah State CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) program. She knows how important it is to keep our First Responders healthy—Protecting those that protect others! One of her favorite quotes is from Chad Hymas, “Your life never was for your benefit anyway.

She has been a member of the State CISM Team since 2001, and has served in many Executive rolls on the team, including EMS Peer Representative, Regional Coordinator Representative, and President, and in 2018 she received the ‘Don Arends Award’, which is given for Exceptional effort in building, strengthening and participating in the Utah CISM team.

Tammy lives in Panguitch with her favorite retired EMT, her husband Neal, whom she had the privilege to serve side by side with for 24 years. They have 4 Children, 3 that currently serve as EMT’s in Garfield County.