BVA names personnel of the year

December 11, 2017

Kelly Halleman Mike Kralik

Boundary Ambulance hosted its annual members meeting on Saturday, December 2. During the meeting, Chief Jeff Lindsey announced the 2017 Volunteers of the Year as well as the 2017 Paramedic of the Year. Voting was split evenly between two members for Volunteer of the Year, so both advanced EMT Pam Hamilton and driver/operator Mike Kralik win the honor. Pam Hamilton “Both Pam and Mike are very large contributors of time and talent to our agency. Many lives are owed to both of these fine people” Lindsey said. “Mike drives our paramedic crews on transfers to other out-of-the-area hospitals, some of them with critically ill and injured patients at all hours of the day and night and never complains. He is always ready and available to help, which is critical in our small rural community, when a patient needs to go to a larger hospital for lifesaving treatment." “Pam puts in the most time of any volunteer," he continued. "She is on shift four, sometimes five days a week, working alongside the fulltime paramedics, running calls as well as helping out in any way she can. Pam is the one that the captains call when they need to cover a shift, because she will always be there. I can’t say enough about what she contributes to our agency.” Paramedic of the Year honors went to Captain/Paramedic Kelly Halleman. “Captain Halleman is in charge of training and he brings his outgoing personality to this position, which works well with our staff members,” Lindsey said. “Kelly does a great job in working with other partner agencies as well as going above and beyond when dealing with our patients who may need additional help.” In addition to Captain Halleman’s role as training officer, he also serves as the rescue coordinator and as a community paramedic. “We are very fortunate to have these dedicated members serving our community,” Lindsey said. In respecting Pam's wish, Chief Lindsey did not submit a photo of her to go with this article.