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City of Guelph

For Guelph Emergency Services, see: Guelph Emergency Services

For Guelph City Services, see Guelph City Services

EMS

Ambulance service in Wellington County is provided by Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS). GWEMS (Guelph-Wellington Emergency Medical Service) is an older name that is still seen on some signage (such as Elmira Rd base).

EMS Stations are paged via Cambridge CACC Paging Hub (419.7625), or on the MOH Provincial Paging frequency (149.44000). As of July 2021, two tone voice pages are still used.

Dispatch/Tactical Communications can be found on Bell Fleetnet Zone 1 Talkgroup 35552 - Tactical 3 - Wellington/Dufferin and hospital patches are completed via the Bell Fleetnet Zone 1 Talkgroup 35488 - North - Hospital Patch.

On the University of Guelph Campus, the First Response Team is dispatched by the University of Guelph Campus Community Police on the University of Guelph DMR 339002 - Fire Prevention/First Response Team

The City of Guelph's master plan for GWPS can be seen here: https://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/paramedic_master_plan.pdf

GWPS Apparatus

Ambulances

2063 2199 2171 2064 2240 2190 2238 2191 2170 2142 2067 2166 2065 2167 2192 2144 2066 2141 2358 2169 2193

First Response Units

2358 (referred to as the ERV)

Supervisor

2322 [1]
2347 [2]
2378
2379 - Livrey/Markings are similar to 2359
2700

Community Paramedics

2318 - [3]
2369 - SUV with normal GWPS livery and generically marked as 'PARAMEDIC SERVICE'. Currently used as a Community Paramedic vehicle [4]
2702

Unknown

2316 - Pickup Truck
2324 - Used in Guelph during homecoming weekend 2022
2359 - SUV [5], Possibly used by management
2701
2703 - Newer Chevrolet SUV
2704

Ambulance Stations

GWEMS has several stations and posts throughout its 2600 square kilometre coverage area. Posts (or 'satellite stations') do not contain full amenities and paramedics don't report to work at these locations. Instead, paramedics would begin their shift at a nearby station and then moved to posts during their shift for optimal coverage.[6]

Current Stations

A map of EMS stations for GWPS and other nearby paramedic services is available here.

Base 00 - Station Elmira Road (Guelph)
- 355 Elmira Road North, Unit 134 Melran Mall, Guelph (ambulance bays located in the back, at northern most corner of building)
Base 02 - Station Fergus
- 285 Queen Street East, Fergus
Base 03 - Station Clair Road (Guelph)
- Clair Road Emergency Services Centre, 160 Clair Road West, Guelph
Base 04 - Station Mount Forest
- 202 Industrial Drive, Mount Forest
Base 05 - Station Arthur
- Arthur Fire Hall, 103 Smith Street, Arthur
Base 06 - Station Harriston
- 122 Robertson Street South, Harriston
Base 07 - Station Drayton
- Drayton Fire Hall, 12 Main Street West, Drayton. There are plans to move the station to the old public works building at 30 John Street in Drayton in the future.[7][8]
Base 08 - Station Rockwood
- Rockwood Fire Hall, 5141 Wellington Road 27, Rockwood
Base 10 - Station Hillsburgh
- Hillsburgh Fire Hall, 2 Station Street, Hillsburgh
Base 12 - Gordon Station, Guelph
- Located at 34 Gordon St, in Guelph at the corner of Gordon St and Fountain St E. This station was originally expected to open in April 2021 to replace the York Rd post[9], but due to delays GWPS only began operating out of this facility on Dec 15, 2021[10].

Former Locations

GWPS used to have a facility on 65 Delhi St in Guelph, but has since moved to the post on York Rd[11].
Carden Base (was referred to as 12 base before Gordon Station was opened). Was most likely a temporary post in use during Guelph's "Safe Semester", located somewhere downtown on or near Carden St. As of December 2021, the new Gordon Station uses the same station number and page tone outs that Carden Base did.
Base 09 - York Rd Post (Guelph)
- 614 York Rd, Guelph. Building was used as a temporary EMS post. This location has now been replaced by 12 base (Gordon Station). [12][13]

Roaming Zones

The ERV (2358) is sometimes assigned to a roaming zone in Guelph. The vehicle will usually stay running with the radio on in its assigned zone waiting for a call.

Core (Downtown Guelph)
West End
University Zone

Standby Locations

When an ambulance is moved from Rockwood towards Guelph for coverage (code 8), they sometimes have it standby at Eramosa/Victoria or another nearby location.

Teviotdale is sometimes used as a standby location for coverage in the north Wellington area.

Ambulance Pager Tone Outs

Base pages/Tone outs are heard on 149.440 MHz in Guelph, and can be heard with any conventional scanner on FM. 2 tones are played in sequence (see table below for tone frequencies), and then a normal FM voice transmission is heard afterwards.

Tone Frequencies have been rounded up/down to the closet frequency in the GE Type 99 Table 1.

Station	Tone A	Tone B	Cap Code
00 - Elmira Rd	937.5	727.5	068
03 - Clair Rd	937.5	637.5	069
08 - Rockwood	907.5	952.5	456
09 - York Rd Post	832.5	562.5	238
12 - Carden	877.5	967.5	246
12 - Gordon Station	877.5	967.5	246

Policing

Wellington County OPP

Detachments

North Wellington Operations Centre (Teviotdale)
Centre Wellington Operations Centre (Fergus)
South Wellington Operations Centre (Rockwood)

The Palmerston and Mt Forest detachments were replaced by the new Teviotdale operations centre.[14]

A forensic identification services (FIS) field unit is now housed in Mt Forest.

Soft ID's

OPP Soft Id's for Wellington County sorted by: Soft ID Service Area Detachment

Detachment Location 6 Tango 00 Detachment Units

Wellington Mount Forest 6 Tango 01

Arthur Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Drayton Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Erin Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Guelph Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Moorefield Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Mount Forest Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Puslinch Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Rockwood Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 01

Wellington Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 10

Guelph Wellington Guelph 6 Tango 20

Mount Forest Wellington Mount Forest 6 Tango 30

Palmerston Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 40

Elora Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 40

Fergus Wellington Fergus 6 Tango 60

Clifford Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 60

Harriston Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 60

Palmerston Wellington Palmerston 6 Tango 60

Town of Minto Wellington ? 6 Tango 90 ?

Wellington ?

Highway 401 is patrolled by Cambridge 5E Units Work in Progress: Zone 2 is 401 Near the 6's

Wellington County Fire

Stations/Apparatus

Apparatus are numbered based on station

Centre Wellington

Elora - Station #60
Fergus - Station #40

Erin

Erin - Station #10
Hillsburgh - Station #50

Guelph/Eramosa

Rockwood - Station #20
- Pump 20
- Pump 21
- Pump 22

Mapleton

Drayton - Station #70
Moorefield - Station #80

Minto

Clifford - Station #140
Harriston - Station #110
Palmerston - Station #100

Puslinch

Puslinch - Station #30

Wellington North

Arthur - Station #90
Mount Forest - Station #120

Fire Tone Outs

153.7700 MHz County Wide frequency
151.1600 MHz Hub Frequency for County Wide Repeaters
154.3550 MHz Guelph Control Frequency for Hub Repeater

Station Location	Tone A	Tone B
ARTHUR	321.7	339.6
CLIFFORD	321.7	358.6
DRAYTON	358.6	399.8
ELORA	378.6	321.7
ERIN	321.7	399.8
FERGUS	339.6	321.7
HARRISTON	339.6	358.6
HILLSBURGH	399.8	339.6
MOOREFIELD	410.8	399.8
MT. FOREST	339.6	378.6
PALMERSTON	339.6	399.8
PUSLINCH	368.5	389.0
ROCKWOOD	288.5

Note that Rockwood only has one long tone.

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