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Region of Durham Paramedic Services

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Established
  
2000

Jurisdiction
  
Regional municipality

BLS or ALS
  
Both ALS and BLS

Headquarters
  
Durham Region, ON

Employees
  
315

Ambulances
  
41 and 11 other support vehicles

Region of Durham Paramedic Service provides emergency medical services to Durham Region in Ontario, Canada.

Contents

The service has 315 paramedics in ten EMS stations throughout the region. The service began in 2000 and replaced six different contractors to the Ontario Ministry of Health.

Operations

There are 10 EMS stations located across Durham Region:

  • Whitby Paramedic Station & EMS Headquarters - 4040 Anderson Street
  • Oshawa (North) Paramedic Station - 400 Ritson Road North, Unit #2
  • Oshawa (South) Paramedic Station - 497 Bloor Street East
  • Courtice Paramedic Station - 2701 Courtice Road
  • Bowmanville Paramedic Station - 9 St. George Street
  • Beaverton Paramedic Station - 343 Bay Street, PO Box 59
  • Ajax Paramedic Station - 175 Hunt Street
  • Pickering Paramedic Station - 1103 Kingston Road
  • Uxbridge Paramedic Station - 4 Campbell Drive
  • Port Perry Paramedic Station - 1775 Reach Street

    • Fleet

  • 41 Type III Ambulances - Ford E-Series 26 front line and 15 spare
  • 7 rapid response vehicles - Chevrolet Tahoe SUV
  • 1 emergency response and command unit - Chevy Tahoe SUV
  • 1 logistics van - Chevy Express
  • 1 emergency support unit Dodge Ram Van
  • 3 administrative support units
  • 3 EMS Command Vehicles staffed by Superintendents (either ACP or PCP status)

    • References

    Region of Durham Paramedic Services Wikipedia
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