Region of Waterloo Paramedic Service

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Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services
Headquarters Cambridge, Ontario, ON
Jurisdiction Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Employees 150
BLS or ALS Both
Ambulances 27
Chief Stephen Van Valkenburg
Medical director Dr. Michelle Welsford
Responses approx. 35,000/yr (2010)
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 EMS to Waterloo, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario and Kitchener, Ontario.

Staff

Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services employs 150 Primary and Advanced Care Paramedics and Support Staff.

Fleet

  • 27 vehicles including:
    • Ambulances
    • Emergency Response Units
    • Emergency Support Unit;

Operations

RWPS operates from 9 stations in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, St. Jacobs and Baden and serves the population (approximately 500,000)

  • Baden - 99 Foundry Street
  • Cambridge - 120 Maple Grove Road
  • Cambridge - 91 St. Andrews Street (Cambride Fire Station #4)
  • Cambridge - 25 Struck Court
  • Kitchener - 1035 Ottawa Street North (joint station with Kitchener Fire Station 3)
  • Kitchener - 1700 Queens Boulevard (joint station with Kitchener Fire Station 5)
  • St. Jacobs - 30 Parkside Drive
  • Waterloo - 90 Westmount Road

See Also

Paramedicine in Canada

Emergency Services in Waterloo Region


References