York Region EMS

York Region Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Established 2000
Headquarters Newmarket, Ontario (York Region)
Jurisdiction Regional Municipality of York
Employees 310
BLS or ALS Both ALS and BLS
Ambulances 37 and 27 other support vehicles
Chief Norm Barrette
Website York Region EMS

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

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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

Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville

Richmond Hill

South West

City of Vaughan

Township of King

North

Town of Aurora

Town of Newmarket

East Gwillimbury

Town of Georgina

Administrative and Operations Command are operated primarily out of the Cane Parkway Operations Centre. Operations were previously conducted out of the Regional Municipality of York Administrative Centre. When construction of the new 65 000 sq ft. headquarters and operations centre on Bales Drive in East Gwillimbury is completed operations will be moved there. (2011)

Fleet

Services

See also

External links

North: County of Simcoe Paramedic Services
West: Peel Regional Paramedic Services York Region EMS East: Durham Region EMS
South:Toronto EMS