The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Joint Services Committee has reviewed a report that investigated alternate paramedic station locations in the south/central coverage area.
The report was done by ApexPro Consulting Inc. and the committee has directed staff to bring back a report looking at the inequities in ambulance/paramedic response time in Leeds and
Grenville, and provide options including paramedic stations and deployment models by December 2020.
According to the United Counties the south/central coverage area is currently served by the existing Brockville South (61 Perth Street) and Brockville North (360 Laurier Boulevard) paramedic stations. Both share the location with the Brockville Fire Department.
Leeds Grenville Paramedic Service administration and support services are in the United Counties administration building at 25 Central Avenue West. The United Counties say there is no
room for service growth at the location and patient contact volumes are increasing over 6.5-percent a year.
There are also paramedic stations in Johnstown, Kemptville, Elgin and Gananoque. There are 146 staff, including 12 management/administrative positions and 134 full-time and part-time paramedics employed by the Leeds Grenville Paramedic Service . There are 17 ambulances, three Emergency Response Units, two administrative vehicles and an Emergency Support Unit in their fleet.