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Logo for Algoma District Paramedic Services. The design features a dark blue shield‑shaped background with the words “Paramedic Services” at the top and “Algoma District” at the bottom in white text. At the center is a circular emblem showing a staff with a single snake, surrounded by golden laurel leaves and a red maple leaf above the circle.

Paramedic Services

Service Profile

The Algoma District is bordered on the west by the Thunder Bay District at the northern tip of Lake Superior. Our district cradles the north and eastern sides of Lake Superior as well as the north shore of Lake Huron as far as the community of Spanish in the east. The city of Sault Ste. Marie is situated in the very south-west corner of the Algoma District. (While our service covers the areas north and east of Sault Ste. Marie, we are not responsible for the city of Sault Ste. Marie or the unincorporated townships associated with it.)

Algoma District Paramedic Services is dispatched by the Ministry of Health’s Central Ambulance Communication Centre located in Sault Ste. Marie and our area of responsibility for emergency coverage is approximately 48,000 sq. kms. That is larger than the entire country of Switzerland!

Although large parts of our district are unpopulated, we typically respond to approximately 6,000 calls for service each year.

Our service is structured into Western and Eastern Divisions. Each division has four ambulance stations located in four different communities.

We operate a fleet of twenty emergency vehicles; eighteen ambulances and two Emergency Response Vehicles.

Our Locations
480

Dispatched Responses

7

Minute Response Time Avg.

459

Patients Treated

This is a colour digital graphic of the official crest of Algoma District Paramedic Services. It is a shield-shaped badge with a dark blue background and white border. At the top it reads “PARAMEDIC SERVICES” in large white capital letters. The centre features a red maple leaf above a blue circle with a golden Rod of Asclepius (snake wrapped around a staff), encircled by a golden laurel wreath. At the bottom it reads “ALGOMA DISTRICT” in white capital letters.
PARAMEDIC TEAM

Our service employs approximately seventy provincially certified paramedics and is organized into Western and Eastern Divisions with four ambulance stations in each one.

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OUR PROCEDURES

The prime mandate of Algoma District Paramedic Services is to provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care to the residents and visitors of the Algoma District.

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Close-up view of a portable medical monitoring device inside a carrying case. The device has a yellow outer frame and a display screen showing vital sign readings and numeric indicators. Cables, sensor attachments, and handheld probes are stored on top and beside the monitor within the case. Control buttons and labeled indicators are visible on the front panel. The equipment appears set up for emergency or clinical use
PAD PROGRAM

Algoma District Paramedic Services has a life-saving program called PAD (Public Access Defibrillation) which makes Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) more easily available.

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