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Response Times

Huron County EMS Paramedics are college-trained professionals who are highly skilled in all aspects of pre-hospital emergency medicine. They treat a wide variety of injuries and medical conditions, while providing supportive patient care and safe transport to an appropriate medical facility.

Using an advanced computer-aided dispatch system linked to a 9-1-1 system means the time from receiving a call to the arrival of a paramedic crew is only a matter of minutes. Since Huron County has 24-hour ambulance coverage and paramedic service on site, staff are legislated to leave the base within 2 minutes for emergency calls and in 3 minutes for non-emergency calls.

Huron County's Emergency Medical Services responds to approximately 8,564 requests for ambulance service per year.

To assist in reducing response times, the County of Huron implemented 24-hour coverage in 2003; during the day there are a minimum of seven ambulances on-site and a minimum of five ambulances are on-site at night. Huron County EMS is dispatched from the London Central Ambulance Communication Centre (CACC); this has improved EMS response time - the time from receipt of a call to their arrival on the scene.

Huron County's Emergency Medical Services responds to approximately 8,200 requests for ambulance service per year.

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Huron EMS continually aims to improve their response times in the delivery of pre-hospital medical care to all residents and visitors of Huron County.


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