Welcome to The Detroit EMS Honor and Color Guard's Official Website.

A little history about our Honor Guard. In the past 2 years, we have lost 4 of our active duty members due to cancer and in a rush, we put together a group of men and women to handle their funerals and honoring their years of dedicated service. Our Honor Guard participates in EMS Members funerals, Memorial Services, Parades and in the National EMS Memorial Service.

It is our mission to provide a quality service to our fallen retired and active duty members and their families when they pass as well as participating in local parades and local and national memorial services.

In 2007, our Guard, for the very first time, participated in the National EMS Memorial Service and were the very first representitives from the State of Michigan and the City of Detroit!

We would like to thank the following for ALL of your support:
The hard working Men and Women of the City of Detroit Fire Department EMS Division. They serve with pride! FDNY/EMS Honor Guard
Captain William Merrins, Battalion 35 (FDNY/EMS)
EMT-B Patrick Creeden, Battalion 38 (FDNY/EMS)
Boston EMS Honor Guard
Pittsburgh EMS Honor Guard
Cleaveland EMS Honor Guard 
ALL of the Men and Women that opened their arms and hearts to us at the National EMS Memorial!

Our 501(c)(3) has been approved by the IRS!!! 

The Detroit EMS Honor Guard has new information coming on our "Event's and Fund Raisers" page regarding the "Men of EMS 2009 Calendar." Please visit this part of the site for further information!


A special Thank you to United Irish Societies and their members for allowing The Detroit EMS Honor Guard to participate in the 50th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Our Honor Guard headed up the parade's 2nd Division and is in line to lead the entire parade next year. Also, thanks to each and every Detroit EMS member that attended to see us march. Your support was MUCH appreciated!!!

There's been video from The St. Patrick's Day Parade added on the events page!

There will be an addition to the Links page of the "Cheating Death" t-shirts. Yes, the Guard is selling shirts again and ALL proceeds will go towards the purchase of a Memorial Ambulance. DEMS members and the general public will be able to purchase our shirts from this website by using PayPal.


For current raffle or other events information, please click on the "Events" button at the top of this page.