York Region EMS

Infobox Ambulance Company
name = York Region Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

motto =
established = 2000
headquarters = York Region, ON
jurisdiction = Regional Municiaplity of York
staff type = Full-time Paid
employees = 310
BLS or ALS = Both ALS and BLS
medical director =
ambulances = 37 and 27 other support vehicles
chief = Norm Barrette
revenue =
yearly responses =
website = [http://www.region.york.on.ca/Services/Emergency+Medical+Services/default+Emergency+Medical+Services.htm York Region EMS]

York Region Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides ambulatory 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 310 paramedics serving the region. EMS Operations are based in Newmarket, Ontario.

Operations

York Region EMS operates emergency ambulances and Paramedic response units in the 9 geographical entities of the Regional Municipality of York.

"Central East"

Town of Markham
* Markham - Riviera - "10 Riviera Dr., Markham, ON"
* Markham - Church - "280 Church St., Markham, ON"
* Unionville - "316 Main St., Markham, ON"

Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
* Stouffville - "6392 Main St., York, ON"
* Ballantrae - "15400 Hwy 48, York, ON"

Richmond Hill
* Richmond Hill - "171 Major MacKenzie Dr. W., Richmond Hill, ON"

"South West"

City of Vaughan
* Concord - "835 Clarke Ave., Vaughan, ON"
* Woodbridge - "9601 Islington Ave., Vaughan, ON"
* Racco Pkwy - "111 Racco Pkwy., Vaughan, ON"
* Maple - "9290 Keele St., Vaughan, ON"

Township of King
* Nobleton - "1 Old King Rd., York, ON"
* King City- "12825 Keele St., York, ON"

"North"

Town of Aurora
* Aurora - "220 Edward St., Aurora, ON"

Town of Newmarket
* Cane Parkway - "520 Cane Parkway, Newmarket, ON"

East Gwillimbury
* Mount Albert - "22 Princess St., York, ON"
* Queensville - "1590 Queensville Sdrd, York, ON"

Town of Georgina
* Keswick - "165 The Queensway St., York, ON"
* Pefferlaw - "319 Pefferlaw Rd., York, ON"
* Sutton - "21001 Dalton Rd., York, ON"

Administrative and Operations Command are operated primarily out of the Cane Parkway Operations Centre. Certain operations are conducted out of the Regional Municipality of York Administrative Centre.

Fleet

* 37 Ambulances - Type III ambulance - Crestline/Ford E350
* 12 Paramedic and Supervisor Response Vehicles
* 3 Supply Vehicles
* 4 Administrative Vehicles
* 2 Education and Training Vehicles
* 1 Emergency Support Vehicle - GMC Tahoe SUV with trailer
* 5 EMS Mountain Bikes

ervices

* Primary Care Paramedic - "Basic Life Support"
* Advanced Care Paramedic - "Advanced Life Support"
* Special Response Unit Medics - "Tactical, CBRN, Incident Command, Bariatric Patient Transport"
* Special Operations - "Marine Unit, Bike Unit, Special Event Paramedic Standbys"
* Heart Alive - "Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program"
* Community Programs - "Public education and safety promotion"
* Education and Training - "Paramedic recruitment, in-house training, Advanced Care Paramedic training"

ee also

* York Regional Police
* Peel Regional Paramedic Services
* Toronto EMS
* Toronto Police Service
* Toronto Fire Services
* Fire Services in York Region

External links

* [http://www.region.york.on.ca/Services/Emergency+Medical+Services/default+Emergency+Medical+Services.htm EMS Operations]