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| Established | 2000 |
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| Headquarters | 80 Bales Drive East, East Gwillimbury, Ontario (York Region) |
| Jurisdiction | Regional Municipality of York |
| Employees | 480 full-time |
| BLS or ALS | Both ALS and BLS |
| Ambulances | 48 and 27 other support vehicles |
| Chief | Chris Spearen |
| Medical director | Central East Prehospital Care Program |
| Responses | 75,000+ |
| Website | WebsiteYork Region Paramedic Services |
York Region Paramedic Services provides legislated land ambulance services and paramedic care for the local municipalities within York Region. Paramedic Services is a division of the Region's Paramedic and Seniors Service Branch. Prior to 2000, ambulance services were provided by 2 private operators (Beaverton & District Ambulance and Uxbridge - Stouffville Ambulance), York County Hospital, Nobleton Volunteer Ambulance and Ontario's Ministry of Health. The patchwork of service also had York Region dispatched by 3 different Ministry of Health Communication Centres (Aurora and north by Georgian CACC, Stouffville and Markham by Oshawa CACC and the remainder by Mississauga CACC). Georgian CACC now dispatches the whole region on the Ontario Government leased Bell Mobility Fleetnet VHF trunked radio system. There are approximately 480 full-time paramedics serving the region.[citation needed] Paramedic Operations are based in East Gwillimbury, Ontario.
