The majority of people that call 911 in our region speak to an operator asking them if they want police, fire or ambulance. The various police and fire agencies in each city get calls for their community downstreamed to them, but if you ask for the ambulance, you get BCAS. We are the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘EMCT’
February 11, 2009
The Changes Roll In
A lot of things have changed over the months I have been away. You may be surprised to hear I have some thoughts on them.
Looming Strike Action
The Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE 873) will be in a position to strike as of April 1. Let’s not delude ourselves, strike will happen. The hardcore members of [...]
June 3, 2008
… I think I’ve found it.
As you can tell from my last post, my heart wasn’t in the job for a little while. Call it what you want – burn out, being disillusioned, or me being a cry baby. The fact of the matter is things are changing.
I decided to do something about my ‘bad attitude’ shortly after you last [...]
March 6, 2008
Setting the Scene
In the dispatch centre, I am sometimes hyper-aware of the perception the public has of the ambulance service. In British Columbia the ambulance service is run separately than the fire service. Ambulance is a provincial operation while the fire departments are, for the most part, municipally funded. The fire departments have done an amazing job at [...]
