The BC Ambulance Service provides public ambulance service in British Columbia. It operates under the authority of BC Emergency Health Services.
The BC Ambulance Services (BCAS) is Canada's first provincially operated ambulance service. It provides emergency pre-hospital treatment and transportation by ambulance. BCAS serves an area of almost one million square kilometres. It is the largest provider of emergency health care in Canada and one of the largest in North America.
More than 6,500 BCEHS employees support patient care, including:
- Paramedics
- Medical emergency call-takers and dispatchers
- Front-line staff
- Administrators
- Managers
Through three dispatch centres and paramedic services, BCAS delivers expert patient care from the moment we receive a 9-1-1 call for medical help, to treatment at the scene and transport to hospital.
