- Reaction score
- 1,490
- Points
- 1,260
TORONTO, June 26, 2013 /CNW/ - The Toronto Paramedic Association strongly supports the majority of recommendations concerning EMS in the 'City of Toronto/Pomax report on Toronto EMS and Fire Services' released on June 25, 2013. The majority of findings are in line with what the Toronto Paramedic Association has been advocating for years.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1190393/toronto-paramedic-association-pleased-with-pomax-consultants-report-on-toronto-ems-fire-services-encourages-city-council-to-rapidly-accept-and-impleme
City of Toronto/Pomax report recommendations:
1) "Do not consolidate TFS and TEMS. Consolidation of TFS and TEMS is not well suited for Toronto given the maturity of its fire and paramedic services."
2. "Do not consider implementing a firefighter-paramedic model of pre-hospital emergency medical care in either an organizationally consolidated entity or in the existing separate organizational design."
No Johnny and Roy for Toronto.
3. "There has been a 28% increase in emergency call demand for paramedics over the last ten years."
4. "Implement dynamic staging and use predictive modeling and pre-emptive traffic controls to better predict demand and more effectively deploy fire resources and apparatus."
I don't imagine Dynamic Staging will be a popular recommendation with the Firefighters, especially since they switched to the 24-hour tour city-wide.
5. "Demand for fire response has remained flat or declined over the last ten years and the number of actual fires in Toronto has declined even though the population has increased."
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1190393/toronto-paramedic-association-pleased-with-pomax-consultants-report-on-toronto-ems-fire-services-encourages-city-council-to-rapidly-accept-and-impleme
City of Toronto/Pomax report recommendations:
1) "Do not consolidate TFS and TEMS. Consolidation of TFS and TEMS is not well suited for Toronto given the maturity of its fire and paramedic services."
2. "Do not consider implementing a firefighter-paramedic model of pre-hospital emergency medical care in either an organizationally consolidated entity or in the existing separate organizational design."
No Johnny and Roy for Toronto.
3. "There has been a 28% increase in emergency call demand for paramedics over the last ten years."
4. "Implement dynamic staging and use predictive modeling and pre-emptive traffic controls to better predict demand and more effectively deploy fire resources and apparatus."
I don't imagine Dynamic Staging will be a popular recommendation with the Firefighters, especially since they switched to the 24-hour tour city-wide.
5. "Demand for fire response has remained flat or declined over the last ten years and the number of actual fires in Toronto has declined even though the population has increased."