Emergency Response Times

[Cloud Cover]

I shed no tears for person who gambles their life and loses on a life or act of crime. Perhaps if the consequences were a little more severe less would make that choice.

I don't think gun ownership should be mandatory. But I think people should take a more active role in their own safety and security and I don't think they should fear the courts for that.

“Alexa! Activate the Roomba Claymore unit. Deploy to Front Entrance.”

 

[Brad Sallows]

Compare gun deaths between Canada and the US, and that appears to be a sound policy choice.

"Appears" is doing a lot of work for "dozens of causes that might be worth considering".

Who gets shot, and why they got shot, matters a great deal.

 

[mariomike]

Readers concerned with the effect of bike lanes and severe traffic congestion on 9-1-1 response times in Canada's largest city may, or may not, find this of interest.

9 Dec., 2024

 

[mariomike]

Saw this in Politics. Will reply in Emergency Services / Response Times.

Public services have to measure service delivery and efficiency differently. I want an ambulance crew sitting around watching TV when get the urge to stick a fork in my eye after watching a Leafs game.

The tones seemed to be set to go off just as they dropped the puck. < smile emoji

The funding formula in Ontario is 50% from Queen's Park - based on the census population, only.

Municipalities have to make up their minds to ante up, or play it cheap.

Efficiency and productivity is measured by Unit Hour Utilization . Higher the UHU, harder it is on the crews.

 

[lenaitch]

Saw this in Politics. Will reply in Emergency Services / Response Times.



The tones seemed to be set to go off just as they dropped the puck. < smile emoji

The funding formula in Ontario is 50% from Queen's Park - based on the census population, only.

Municipalities have to make up their minds to ante up, or play it cheap.

Efficiency and productivity is measured by Unit Hour Utilization . Higher the UHU, harder it is on the crews.

To be clear you are speaking of EMS services only.

 

[mariomike]

To be clear you are speaking of EMS services only.

Right.

Not familiar with Queen's Park funding formula for municipal police or fire , or municipal paramedics in other provinces.

Or, how they measure response times, departmental efficiency and productivity. Different service delivery models.

 

[mariomike]

11 June, 2025

To meet Response Times, City Hall and Queen's Park will have to ante up,

Toronto plans to hire hundreds of new paramedics as emergency calls rise
The new hiring plan is contingent on sharing costs with the province but Mayor Chow said she's 'confident' the money will come through

Toronto plans to hire hundreds of new paramedics as emergency calls rise

The new hiring plan is contingent on sharing costs with the province but Mayor Chow said she's 'confident' the money will come through

www.torontotoday.ca

"When seconds count..."

Since 2018, the average time between someone calling 911 and an ambulance arriving has increased from 12.1 minutes to nearly 15 minutes. Over the next four years, call volume is expected to grow by another 11 per cent to over 16 minutes.

 

[mariomike]

Saw this in "The Newsroom".

Will reply in Emergency Services.

Intra hospital transfers, usually done by Ambulance civi side.

Only familiar with one municipality.

But, in the City of Toronto, non-emergency inter-facility transportation is done by unregulated private transport companies.

The municipal paramedic service handles the 9-1-1 calls, and emergency runs to Level One trauma centres , Hospital for Sick Children, hyperbaric chamber etc.