Kamloops and surrounding rural communities grateful for paramedic hires, 24/7 ambulance service
KAMLOOPS — This week, the B.C. government announced enhanced ambulance services for rural and urban communities in the province. The change comes with an ongoing hiring push for more paramedics and dispatchers in B.C.
Alongside a previously announced push to hire new 30 dispatchers and 85 new paramedics in B.C., this week the province announced enhanced ambulance services for dozens of communities — including Kamloops.
“Of that 85 additional full time positions, eight of them are adding another 24-hour ambulance in Kamloops.” notes Troy Clifford, President of the Ambulance Paramedics and Dispatchers of B.C. “That’s going to be on the North Shore, based out of our station on the North Shore there.”