Region of Waterloo Paramedic Service
Motto: Excellence in Patient Care | |
Headquarters | Cambridge, Ontario |
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Jurisdiction | Regional Municipality of Waterloo |
Employees | 208 |
BLS or ALS | Both |
Ambulances | 26 + 6 First Response Vehicles |
Chief | Stephen Van Valkenburg |
Medical director | Dr. Michelle Welsford, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre for Paramedic Education and Research |
Responses | approx. 40,000/yr (2014) |
Website | Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services |
Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services is an emergency medical service provider for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The service provides both Advanced and Primary Care level Paramedic ServicesWaterloo, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario and Kitchener, Ontario and the Townships of Wilmot, Woolwich, Wellesley and North Dumphries.
Staff
Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services employs 208 Primary and Advanced Care Paramedics and Support Staff.
Fleet
- 33 vehicles including:
- 26 Ambulances
- 6 Emergency Response Units
- 1 Emergency Support Unit;
Operations
RWPS operates from 10 stations in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, St. Jacobs and Wilmot Township and serves the population (approximately 500,000)
- Headquarters - 120 Maple Grove Road, Cambridge
- Phillipsburg- 2001 Nafziger Road, Wilmot Twp
- Cambridge - 91 St. Andrews Street
- Cambridge - Pinebush Road
- Kitchener - 1035 Ottawa Street North
- Kitchener - 1700 Queens Boulevard
- Kitchener- 80 Water Street N
- Kitchener- Conestoga College Campus, Conestoga College Blvd.
- St. Jacobs - 30 Parkside Drive
- Waterloo - 90 Westmount Road
See also
Paramedicine in Canada
Emergency Services in Waterloo Region
Guelph-Wellington EMS | ||||
County of Perth Ambulance Service | Chatham-Kent EMS | |||
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Oxford County Paramedic Service | County of Brandt Ambulance Service | Hamilton Paramedic Service |
References
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