Region of Durham Paramedic Services

Region of Durham Paramedic Service

Established	2000
Headquarters	Durham Region, ON
Jurisdiction	Regional municipality
Employees	260
BLS or ALS	Both ALS and BLS
Ambulances	34 and 11 other support vehicles
Chief	Richard Armstrong
Responses	96457 (2011)
Website	durham.ca

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

The service has 260 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

• 37 Type III Ambulances - Ford E-Series 22 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)

See also

Paramedicine in Canada

• List of EMS Services in Ontario
• Paramedics in Canada
• Emergency Medical Services in Canada

Emergency Services in Durham Region

• Durham Regional Police Service
• Fire Services in Durham Region

References

• Durham Region Emergency Medical Services

http://www.durham.ca/health.asp?nr=/departments/health/durhamems/