Region of Waterloo Paramedic Service

Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services
Motto: Excellence in Patient Care
Headquarters Cambridge, Ontario
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 Services to Waterloo, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario and Kitchener, Ontario and the Townships of Wilmot, Woolwich, Wellesley and North Dumfries.

Staff

Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services employs 208 Primary and Advanced Care Paramedics and Support Staff.

Fleet

Operations

RWPS operates from 11 stations within the Region and serves the population (approximately 535,000). RWPS also provides service to neighbouring areas (such as Oxford, Perth, Wellington and Brant Counties) when ambulances in those municipalities are not available to respond.

See also

Paramedicine in Canada

Emergency Services in Waterloo Region

References

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