York Region Paramedic Services
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| Established | 2000 |
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| Headquarters | 80 Bales Drive East, East Gwillimbury, Ontario (York Region) |
| Jurisdiction | Regional Municipality of York |
| Employees | 470 |
| BLS or ALS | Both ALS and BLS |
| Ambulances | 48 and 27 other support vehicles |
| Chief | Norm Barrette |
| Medical director | Central East Prehospital Care Program |
| Responses | 75,000+ |
| Website | York Region Paramedic Services |
York Region Paramedic Services provides ambulance services and paramedic care for the municipalities within York Region. Before 2000, ambulance services were provided by 2 private operators (Beaverton & District Ambulance and Uxbridge - Stouffville Ambulance), York County Hospital, Nobleton Volunteer Ambulance and Ontario's Ministry of Health. The patchwork of service also had York Region dispatched by 3 different Ministry of Health Communication Centres (Aurora and north by Georgian CACC, Stouffville and Markham by Oshawa CACC and the remainder by Mississauga CACC). Georgian CACC now dispatches the whole region on the Ontario Government leased Bell Mobility Fleetnet VHF trunked radio system. There are approximately 470 paramedics serving the region. Paramedic Operations are based in East Gwillimbury, Ontario.
Operations
York Region Paramedic Services operates emergency ambulances and Paramedic response units in the 9 local municipalities of the Regional Municipality of York.
District 1
- Station 18 - Aurora - 220 Edward Street
- Station 17 - Cane Parkway - 520 Cane Parkway
- Station 15 - Mount Albert - 22 Princess Street, Mount Albert, Ontario
- Station 14 - Queensville - 1590 Queensville Sideroad (York Regional Road 77), Queensville, Ontario
- Station 99 - York Region Paramedic Services Headquarters 80 Bales Drive East, Sharon, Ontario
- Station 12 - Keswick - 165 The Queensway Street West, Keswick, Ontario
- Station 10 - Pefferlaw - 319 Pefferlaw Road (York Regional Road 21), Pefferlaw, Ontario
- Station 11 - Sutton - 21001 Dalton Road, Sutton, Ontario
District 2
- Station 26 - Markham - Riviera - 10 Riviera Drive
- Station 23 - Markham - Church - 280 Church Street
- Station 24 - Unionville - 316 Main Street, Unionville, Ontario
Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Station 21 - Stouffville - 6392 Main Street (York Regional Road 14)
- Station 20 - Ballantrae - 15400 Highway 48, Ballantrae, Ontario
- Station 28 - Richmond Hill - 171 Major MacKenzie Drive West (York Regional Road 25)
District 3
- Station 36 - Concord - 835 Clark Avenue West, Concord, Ontario
- Station 30 - Woodbridge - 9601 Islington Avenue (York Regional Road 17), Woodbridge, Ontario
- Station 34 - Racco Pkwy - 111 Racco Parkway, Vaughan, ON
- Station 32 - Maple - 9290 Keele Street (York Regional Road 72), Maple, Ontario
- Station 38 - Schomberg - 15 Dilane Drive, Schomberg, Ontario
- Station 37 - Nobleton - 1 Old King Road, Nobleton, Ontario
- Station 39 - King City- 12825 Keele Street (York Regional Road 72), King City, Ontario
Fleet
- 48 Ambulances - Type III ambulance - Demers Mystere ( 30XX, 31XX, 32XX)
- 12 Rapid Response Units (33XX)
- 2 Platoon Lead Units (3448, 3449)
- 5 District Superintedent Units (37XX)
- Ford Expedition and Ford Explorer Interceptor
- 3 Supply Vehicles
- 4 Administrative Vehicles (Supervisor) - unnumbered
- Chevrolet Impala- Deputy Chief
- 2 Driver Training Vehicles
- 1 Community Programs Vehicle (CP01)
- 1 Emergency Support Unit Trailer
- 1 Rehab and Decon Trailer
- 1 Emergency Support Unit Cargo Truck
- 1 Emergency Support Unit and Command Unit
- 1 Multi Patient Unit Bus - Crestline ElDorado National 40' Axess (3900)
- 4 Special Response Units (Individual Paramedic, Pick-up chassis vehicle) - (36XX)
- 5 EMS Mountain Bikes
- 1 Off-road Gator Ambulance
- 3 Inflatable mobile hospital/treatment tents (2 - 25' round and 1 - 42'x22')
Services
- Primary Care Paramedics
- Advanced Care Paramedics
- Special Response Unit Medics - Bariatric Patient Transport, Tactical, CBRN, Incident Command, Marine
- Community Event Services - Bike Unit, Special Event Paramedic Standbys
- Heart Alive - Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program
- Community Programs - Public education and safety promotion
- Research and Clinical Programs
- Community Paramedicine - "EPIC" research trial in association with Health for All and Markham Family Health Team and St Michael's Hospital[1]
- Performance and Development - Paramedic recruitment, in-house training, Advanced Care Paramedic training
- Professional Standards - Patient inquiries, health record inquiries
- Patient Advocacy Unit in the Office of the Chief
See also
Paramedicine in Canada
Emergency Services in York Region
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County of Simcoe Paramedic Service | | ||
| Peel Regional Paramedic Services |  |
Durham Region EMS | ||
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| Toronto Paramedic Services |
References
- ↑ "Expanding Paramedicine in the Community - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
External links
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