York Region EMS

York Region Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Established	2000
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 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 approximately 470 paramedics serving the region. EMS Operations are based in East Gwillimbury, Ontario.

Operations

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

District 1

Town of Aurora

Station 18 - Aurora - 220 Edward Street

Town of Newmarket

Station 17 - Cane Parkway - 520 Cane Parkway

East Gwillimbury

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 EMS Headquarters 80 Bales Drive East, Sharon, Ontario

Town of Georgina

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

City of Markham

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

Town of Richmond Hill

Station 28 - Richmond Hill - 171 Major MacKenzie Drive West (York Regional Road 25)

District 3

City of Vaughan

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

Township of King

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

References

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External links

EMS Operations