Corporate Partners
The Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team's 2026-2027 Corporate/Individual Partnership Program was created to provide financial support for the team's mission to Honor EMS and telecommunication providers. This includes those who make the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, active EMS and dispatcher personnel who pass away while serving, and retirees whom organizations wish to recognize for their years of service. The team never charges a family, air service, telecommunication organization, funeral home, or ambulance district when responding to help honor their hero.
Your support helps the team continue honoring EMS and telecommunications providers with dignity and respect, while also assisting families during their time of loss. Together, we can ensure their sacrifices are never forgotten.
Our Mission
To ensure that every EMS provider and telecommunication specialist receives a dignified visitation, funeral or memorial service with the honors and respect that they deserve for their service, dedication, bravery, and commitment to their community.
About the Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team
The Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team was founded in late 2009 by a paramedic/retired Marine who understood the crucial need for a statewide EMS team to honor those who served in this public safety sector. In November, 2025 Telecommunication specialist, (Dispatchers) was added to the response of the team.
The Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors. Its members are volunteers from across Missouri who currently serve, or have served, in EMS or telecommunications roles. The logistics and support part of the team is also made up of volunteers, including members’ spouses, friends, and others who want to assist the team and support families of the fallen. The team trains to National Honor Guard Academy standards and meets five to six times each year at locations throughout the state. In November telecommunication specialists were added to team callouts. The team now has more than 60 members statewide. As of June 1, 2026, it has responded to more than 240 requests in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, and Arkansas.
Upon request, the team assists with visitation and funeral logistics to respectfully honor fallen EMS professionals and telecommunication specialists. Paramedics, EMTs, flight crews, EMS leaders, and telecommunication personnel deserve services that include ceremonial customs and procedures recognizing their commitment to public service, safety, and compassion. These customs may vary depending on whether the individual died in the line of duty, while off duty, or after retirement. The team maintains five trailers stationed across the state, each equipped with the supplies needed to honor an organization’s hero.
The team relies on ongoing support to cover daily operating costs, including insurance, its website, equipment, trailers, and an 800-number contact line. Each response also brings additional expenses. Without the generosity of clubs, organizations, companies, partners, individuals, and member-led fundraisers, the team would not be able to honor fallen EMS professionals and telecommunication specialists.
Please consider becoming a corporate partner or supporter of the Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team. To learn more, contact any team member or call 660-415-7990 or 660-822-6151.
Corporate Partner Levels
RUBY PARTNER | $25,000
Ruby partners receive recognition for their support at all funeral team fundraiser events and on the web site for ten years. The amount can be paid in full or divided into ten payments of $2500 each over the 10 year period. They will be invited to the biennial annual banquet with up to six tickets and be recognized as a supporting partner and conference sponsor as well. A plaque will be presented at the first conference following joining as a Legacy partner.
LEGACY PARTNER| $15,000
Legacy partners receive recognition for their support at all funeral team fundraiser events and on the web site for six years. The amount can be paid in full or divided into five payments of $3000 each. They will be invited to the biennial annual banquet with up to six tickets and be recognized as a supporting partner and conference sponsor as well. A plaque will be presented at the first conference following joining as a Legacy partner.
PLATINUM PARTNER | $10,000
Platinum partners receive recognition for their support at all funeral team fundraiser events and on the web site for five years. The amount can be paid in full or divided into two or five payments over the five-year period. They will be invited to the biennial annual banquet each year with up to four tickets and be recognized as a supporting partner and as a conference sponsor as well. A plaque will be presented at the first conference following joining as a platinum partner.
DIAMOND PARTNER| $6,500
Diamond Partners receive recognition at all team fundraising events and on the website for four years. Payment may be made in full or in two or four installments over the four-year term. Partners also receive up to four tickets to the biennial banquet, recognition as conference supporters, and a plaque presented at the first conference after joining.
GOLD PARTNER| $5,000
Gold partner receives recognition for their support at all funeral team fundraisers events and on the web site for three years. The amount may be paid in full or divided into two or three payments. They will be invited to our biennial annual banquet with up to two tickets and be recognized as supporting partners at the conference. A plaque will be presented at the first conference following joining as a Gold partner.
SILVER PARTNER | $2,500
Silver partner receives recognition for their support at all funeral team fundraisers events and on the web site for two years. The amount may be paid in full or divided into two payments. They will be invited to our biennial annual banquet with up to two tickets. A plaque will be presented at the first conference following joining as a Silver partner.
BRONZE PARTNER |$1,000
Bronze partner receive recognition for their support for one year on our web site. A certificate will be presented as a Bronze Partner.
FLAG SPONSOR |$650
A flag is presented to a family in memory of their hero. This sponsorship helps provide 10 casket flags. The EMS funeral team orders the flags.
PARTNER | $500
A certificate of partnership will be presented as a supporting partner.
Trailer Sponsor
The Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team occasionally needs to replace equipment trailers, which carry the supplies required to honor fallen EMS professionals and telecommunication specialists. The team maintains five trailers positioned across the state so the closest trailer can respond when a request is received. For line-of-duty deaths, two trailers may respond.
When a replacement trailer is needed, the board will assign the Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director to present the proposed cost for approval. The recommended trailer should be the appropriate size, such as a 7-foot-wide by 14-(preferred) or 16-foot-long V-nose trailer, and should be charcoal or black in color. The trailer will be lettered or wrapped with the team’s logos and will display the trailer sponsor’s logo and the signage, “This trailer made possible by the support of _____,” on each side. The funeral team will maintain insurance on the trailer and its contents. If the trailer is damaged in an accident or otherwise destroyed, the sponsor’s name will be placed on the replacement trailer.
Because of the cost of these trailers, two organizations may partner to sponsor one together. Each organization’s cost is $4,500, and both names will be displayed on each side as described above.
The sponsor’s logo and signage will remain on the trailer for as long as it is able to serve its purpose. When the trailer is no longer usable, the Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team will sell it, and the board of directors will determine how the proceeds are used.
If at such time the team receives a trailer sponsor, and a trailer is not needed at that time, the executive director will contact the sponsor with alternative options.
Sponsoring a Fundraiser
Organizations, clubs, and other groups may host a fundraiser to support the Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team. The executive director, deputy executive director, or their designee will help the organization plan and carry out the event, including discussing the type of fundraiser and proposed date. For more information, contact Executive Director George Wright or Deputy Executive Director Ed Angle.