About 80 emergency medical professionals from Southeast Alaska, Yukon and Washington state will head to town this month for Haines’ first EMS Symposium.

Julie Anderson, Haines volunteer EMS director and flight nurse with Airlift Northwest, said the regional conference has been hosted all over Southeast for the last 30 years, but she is excited that the trainings will be accessible to all Haines fire and ambulance volunteers this year.

Coordinated by Southeast Region EMS, Inc.,…