City of Hamilton EMS
Encyclopedia
Hamilton Emergency Services - Emergency Medical Services Division is the designated service provider for emergency medical services
(ambulance
) in the City of Hamilton, Ontario
.
Additional vehicles are occasionally added as a temporary measure as demand increases. Hamilton EMS operates from 12 joint EMS/fire station
s, and one EMS exclusive operations centre.
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...
(ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
) in the City of Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
.
Additional vehicles are occasionally added as a temporary measure as demand increases. Hamilton EMS operates from 12 joint EMS/fire station
Fire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
s, and one EMS exclusive operations centre.
See also
- List of EMS Services in Ontario
- York Region EMSYork Region EMSYork Region Emergency Medical Services provides ambulance services and paramedic care for the municipalities within York Region. Before 2000, ambulance services were provided by 2 private operators , York County Hospital, Nobleton Volunteer Ambulance and Ontario's Ministry of Health...
- Halton Region EMSHalton Region EMSHalton Region EMS provides emergency medical services to the municipalities of Halton Region:* Burlington* Oakville* Milton* Halton HillsHalton Region EMS has 160 paramedics out of 11 EMS stations throughout the region...
- Peel Regional Paramedic ServicesPeel Regional Paramedic ServicesPeel Region Paramedics Services provides ambulatory and paramedic care for the municipalities within Peel Region, in Ontario, Canada. Paramedics operations are based in Mississauga....
- Durham Region EMSDurham Region EMSDurham Region EMS provides emergency medical services to Durham Region in Ontario, Canada.The service has 260 paramedics in ten EMS stations throughout the region...
- Hamilton Police Service (Ontario)Hamilton Police Service (Ontario)The Hamilton Police Service, formerly The Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police, is the local police service for the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This agency is the primary service charged with the duty of enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada in the City of Hamilton. The organization became a...