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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 [1]
• 2064
• 2065
• 2141
• 2142
• 2144
• 2166
• 2167
• 2168
• 2170
• 2171
• 2190
• 2191
• 2192
• 2193
• 2199
• 2230
• 2238 [2]
• 2240

First Response Units

• 2358 (referred to as the ERV)

Supervisor

• 2322 [3]
• 2347 [4]
• 2378
• 2379 - Livrey/Markings are similar to 2359

Community Paramedics

• 2318 - [5]
• 2369 - SUV with normal GWPS livery and generically marked as 'PARAMEDIC SERVICE'. Currently used as a Community Paramedic vehicle [6]

Unknown

• 2316 - Pickup Truck
• 2359 - SUV [7]

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.[8]

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 - Drayton Post (possibly a station in Drayton now)
  • Drayton Fire Hall, 12 Main Street West, Drayton
• Base 08 - Station Rockwood
  • Rockwood Fire Hall, 5141 Wellington Road 27, Rockwood
• Base 09 - York Rd Post (Guelph)
  • Temporary EMS Post. 614 York Rd, Guelph. [9][10]
• Base 10 - Station Hillsburgh
  • Hillsburgh Fire Hall, 2 Station Street, Hillsburgh
• Base 12 - Carden
  • Most likely a temporary station in use during Guelph's "Safe Semester", located somewhere downtown on or near Carden St.

Future Stations

A new EMS station at 34 Gordon St in Guelph was expected to open in April 2021 to replace the York Rd post[11]. As of July 2021, the EMS station has not opened yet.

Former Locations

GWPS used to have a facility on 65 Delhi St in Guelph, but has since moved to the post on York Rd[12].

Base 12 briefly existed as a temporary post somewhere around Carden Street in downtown Guelph sometime in 2020 or 2021. It was used for no more than a few days or weeks.

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 stand by at Eramosa/Victoria or another intersection.

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

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.[13]

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
HILLSBURG	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.

City of Guelph

For the City of Guelph, see Guelph City Services

Related Pages

• Guelph City Services