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Welcome to the Land Ambulance Transition Web site UTM/DDA Status area. This page will keep track of Upper Tier Municipalities (UTMs) and Designated Delivery Agents (DDAs) as they progress through the transition of land ambulance to municipal responsibility.

LAND AMBULANCE TRANSFER
(as of September 2003)

UTM/DDA in the South
UTM/DDA in the North

UTM/DDA in the South
MUNICIPALITY TRANSITION OPERATORS 2003
Brant Assumed responsibility Aug 29, 2000 -Brant County (m)
Bruce Assumed land ambulance on Nov 5, 2000 -Bruce County (m)
Chatham-Kent Assumed land ambulance on Dec 4, 2000 -Southwestern EMS Inc. (p)
Durham Assumed responsibility on Jan 1, 2000 -Durham Region (m)
Elgin/St. Thomas Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Rodney (p)
-St. Thomas (h)
Essex/Windsor/Pelee Island Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Windsor (m)
-Amherstburg (v)
-Harrow (p)
Frontenac/Kingston Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Wolfe Island (v)
-Parham (p)
Grey/Owen Sound Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Owen Sound FD (m)
Haldimand, Town of Part of Haldimand-Norfolk assumed responsibility on Jan 28, 2000 -Haldimand (m)
Haliburton Assumed land ambulance on Nov 1, 2000 -Haliburton County (m)
Halton Assumed responsibility Aug 16, 2000 -Halton Region (m)
Hamilton Assumed responsibility Aug 1, 2000. -Hamilton, City of (m)
Hastings/Belleville/
Quinte West
Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Hastings (m)
Huron Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Huron County (m)
Kawartha Lakes,
City of
Assuming responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Kawartha Lakes (m)
Lambton Assumed land ambulance on Dec 15, 2000 -Lambton County (m)
Lanark/Smiths Falls Assumed responsibility on Sep 1, 2000 -Almonte (h)
Leeds Grenville/
Brockville/Gananoque
/Prescott
Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Leeds & Grenville County (m)
Lennox Addington Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Hotel Dieu Hosp, St. Catharines (h)
-Denbigh (v)
-Northbrook (v)
Middlesex/London Assumed responsibility on Apr 23, 2000 -Thames EMS (p)
Muskoka Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Muskoka AS
Niagara Assumed responsibility on Jan 1, 2000 -Hotel Dieu Hosp, Kingston (h)
Norfolk, Town of Part of Haldimand-Norfolk assumed responsibility on Jan 28, 2000 -Norfolk (m)
Northumberland Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Lakeshore EMS (p)
Ottawa Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Ottawa (m)
Oxford Assumed responsibility Aug 1, 2000. -Oxford (m)
Peel Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Dufferin-Caledonia (h)
-Superior (p)
Perth/Stratford/St. Marys Assumed land ambulance Dec 10, 2000 -Perth County (m)
Peterborough/
Peterborough
Assumed land ambulance on Nov 6, 2000. -Peterborough County (m)
Prescott-Russell Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Prescott-Russell (m)
Renfrew/Pembroke Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Pembroke (h)
Simcoe/Barrie/Orillia Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Health Trust Inc. (p)
Stromont Dundas Glengarry/Cornwall, City of City of Cornwall as the delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Cornwall City (m)
Toronto Assumed responsibility on Jan 1, 1998 -Toronto, City of (m)
Waterloo Assumed land ambulance on Dec 3, 2000 -Waterloo Region (m)
Wellington/Guelph, City of City of Guelph has been designated as delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Royal City AS (p)
York Assumed responsibility on Jan 1, 2000 -York Region (m)


UTM/DDA in the North
MUNICIPALITY TRANSITION OPERATORS 2003
Algoma DSSAB designated as the delivery agent Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Algoma Dist. AS (d)
Cochrane DSSAB designated as delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Cochrane DSSAB (m)
-Kapuskasin(h)
-Hearst (h)
-Matheson (h)
Kenora DSSAB designated as the delivery agent. Assuming responsibility on Jan 1, 2001 -Kenora DSB
Manitoulin/
Sudbury District
DSSAB designated as the delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Espanola (h)
-French River (m)
-Rainbow North EMS (p)
Nipissing DSSAB designated as the delivery agent Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -North Bay (h)
-Sturgeon Falls (h)
-Mattawa (h)
-Temagami (v)
Parry Sound Town of Parry Sound designated as the delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -South River/Machar (m)
-West Parry Sound (h)
Rainy River DSSAB is designated delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Atikokan (h)
-Fort Frances (h)
Sault Ste. Marie DSSAB designated as delivery agent Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -City of Sault Ste. Marie (m)
Sudbury Assumed land ambulance on Dec 3, 2000 -City of Greater Sudbury EMS (m)
Thunder Bay City of Thunder Bay designated as delivery agent. in City of Thunder Bay. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Thunder Bay (m)
Timiskaming DSSAB designated as the delivery agent. Assumed responsibility Jan 1, 2001 -Kirkland Lake (h)
-Haileybury (p)
-Englehart (h)

Number of Operators in 2003 : 67

d: district;   h: hospital;   m: muncipal;   p: private;   v: voluntary
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