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The Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS, https://www.ems.gov/ficems.html) has coordinated efforts between federal agencies on related EMS issues for decades. Although this forum provided an opportunity for collaboration between federal agencies on EMS issues, FICEMS lacked statutory authority and its representatives were not senior officials, which often led to policy and implementation challenges. In 2005, Congress formally legislated a new FICEMS with senior representatives from DOT, DHS, DHHS, the Department of Defense, the Federal Communications Commission, and a single state EMS director. The role of FICEMS is to identify state and local EMS needs, to recommend new or expanded programs for improving EMS at all levels, and to streamline the process through which federal agencies support EMS. FICEMS has established a number of working groups to identify and address EMS issues facing the EMS community at all levels, and continues to coordinate federal initiatives.