FALL RIVER — In celebration of National Emergency Medical Services week, Steward Health Care hosted the second annual EMS Stewards of the Community award ceremony on May 22 at the Tirrell Room in Quincy.

Boston-based Steward, which operates nine hospitals across Massachusetts, including Saint Anne's in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton, recognized 22 EMS providers. Among these were four members of Fall River EMS, including firefighter Sterling Hudson, of Fall River; paramedics Lucas DeAraujo, of New Bedford, and Brittany Carlson, of Tiverton; and paramedic lieutenant Jennifer Farias, of Tiverton. They were recognized for “going above and beyond” in their interactions with patients at Saint Anne’s Hospital.

The EMS Stewards of the Community awards show appreciation for emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians and paramedics who not only carry out the noble work of caring for others, but do so with a high degree of expertise, professionalism and compassion. An internal committee of physicians and EMS Directors selected recipients among current providers in communities served by Steward.