Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

The District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) is responsible as the delivery agent for the provision of ambulance services within the District.

Timiskaming EMS is dedicated to providing the best possible emergency medical service to the District, with a team of over 50 Full Time and Part Time certified Paramedics working varying shifts providing service 24/7 from three EMS bases across the District.

The paramedics are supervised by three District EMS Deputy Chiefs and an EMS Chief responsible for the overall management of the program. 

The staffing patterns for Temiskaming Shores EMS Base include:

• 7 am to 7 pm - 1 crew on site, seven days per week
• 8 am to 4 pm - 1 crew on site, seven days per week
• 7 pm to 7 am - 1 crew on site, seven days per week

The EMS program is committed to ensuring emergency medical response to calls to meet or improve upon the Ministry's Provincial Response Time Standards that are set yearly to target the 
percentage if time that response to Cardiac arrest calls are achieved in 6 minutes or less.

The EMS program continually monitors its performance and ability to improve response and reaction times to all emergency calls.

The EMS program is an active emergency service partner in numerous committees and planning partnerships throughout the District, including: 

• Temiskaming Shores Community Emergency Management Program Committee
• South Temiskaming Regional Emergency Services Training Program Committee
• Temiskaming Risk Watch Committee
• Timiskaming District End Of Life Service Network Committee
• Northern College Paramedic Program Advisory Committee

In addition to committees and working groups, EMS is a key member in planning emergency response, simulated training and mock disaster exercises throughout the District of Timiskaming.       

The importance of planning for community needs is that the social, economic, demographic, geographic, and health status characteristics of the communities drive the current and future service needs. The EMS program works in close partnership with community and institutional health care services, as well as police and fire services to ensure these needs are met for the District.

For detailed information on this and other DTSSAB services, visit the DTSSAB website.

Timiskaming Emergency Medical Services,
Proudly Serving the People of the Timiskaming District.