Special Operations
In addition to regular operations, Toronto EMS staffs a Special Operations Unit, tasked with the provision of EMS services in unusual circumstances. The elements of this unit include:
- Tactical Unit - Cross-trained paramedics providing medical support to the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force.
- Marine Unit - Cross-trained paramedics staffing the patrol vessels of the Toronto Police Marine Unit, in order to provide support for Toronto Police personnel, EMS services on the waters of Lake Ontario, and EMS service to the Toronto Islands.
- HUSAR - Specially-trained Toronto EMS paramedics operate together with elements of the Toronto Fire Services and Toronto Police Service to provide a joint-service Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team.
- CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear & Explosive) - Specially-trained Toronto EMS paramedics operate together with elements of the Toronto Police Service and Toronto Fire Services to provide a joint-service Terrorism / Hazardous Materials Response team.
- Public Safety Unit - Cross-trained paramedics providing medical support to the Toronto Police Riot Squad.
- Emergency Response Unit - Single paramedics in rapid response vehicles, tasked solely with response to high priority emergency calls.
- Bicycle Unit - Paramedics equipped with mountain bikes, capable of providing either BLS or ALS services in off road areas, or at special events.
- Emergency Support Unit - Paramedics trained to operate the service's busses and equipment trucks. These respond to all potential Mass Casualty Incidents (fires, multi-patient car accidents etc...), support for large crowd situations such as festivals and parades as well as responding to all calls involving aircraft at Toronto Pearson International Airport
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