For Immediate Release October 23, 2017

38 ONTARIO PARAMEDICS RECOGNIZED FOR

EXCELLENCE IN PARAMEDIC SERVICES

(Toronto) In a ceremony at Queens Park this evening, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell,
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario will recognize 38 Ontario Paramedics whom have provided pre-
hospital emergency medical services to the public in an exemplary manner for a minimum of
thirty years. A total of 55 individuals received this honour in 2017.

These paramedics will be presented with their first or second bar for the Emergency Medical
Services Exemplary Service Medal, which was created in 1994 by the late Governor General
Romeo LeBlanc as a component of the Canadian Honours System. These bars are presented to
paramedics who have served for at least thirty years (first bar), or forty years (second bar) in a
meritorious manner, characterized by the highest standards of good conduct, industry and
efficiency. To qualify, at least ten of these years of service must have been street level (or air)
duty involving potential risk to the individual.

Please see the attached Backgrounder for list of recipients.

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For further information, please contact:
Michelle Mackenzie, Executive Director
Email: x.d@oapc.ca Telephone: 416.917.5605

About the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs

The Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) represents the Paramedic Services leadership in 52
Designated Delivery Agents (DDA), consisting of regional, county and municipal governments, and
District Social Services Administration Boards (DSSABs) across Ontario. Our members include every
DDA, ORNGE and three First Nations Emergency Medical Services. OAPC members oversee the work
of 8,500 primary care and advanced care paramedics as well as 1,328 front line ambulances, 43 special
purpose ambulances and 343 emergency response vehicles across the Province. We are the leading
authority for paramedicine design and delivery in Ontario.
 BACKGROUNDER
The 2017 Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal First and Second Bar
recipients are:

Frontenac County
Mr. Terry Baker (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Barry McGrath (First Bar 30 years)

Grey County
Mr. Jim McConachie (Second Bar 40 years)

Halton Region
Mr. William Kennedy (Second Bar 40 years)

Hamilton
Mr. Harold Klassen (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Darren Radtke (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Jeffrey Dunford (First Bar 30 years)

Huron County
Mr. Tony Southwell (First Bar 30 years)

Kitchener-Waterloo
Mr. Philip Dunt (First Bar 30 years)

Manitoulin-Sudbury
Mr. John Lanktree (First Bar 30 years)

Middlesex-London
Mr. Dale Blanchard (First Bar 30 years)
Ms. Lee Waterman (First Bar 30 years)

Niagara
Mr. Roger Mayo (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Michael Neumann (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Randall Garrett (First Bar 30 years)

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Norfolk
Mr. John Batty (Second Bar -- 40 years)

Northumberland
Mr. Robert McColeman (First Bar 30 years)

Ornge
Mr. Robert Marshall (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Steve Darling (First Bar 30 years)

Ottawa
Mr. Keith Buchanan (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Stephen Calkins (First Bar 30 years)
Ms. Lynne Desjardins (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Gerald Lyon (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Frank McGregor (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Robert Pag (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Dale Snider (First Bar 30 years)

Peel Region
Mr. Robert Arthur (Second Bar -- 40 years)
Ms. Sandra Kearsey (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Brian Parkes (First Bar 30 years)

Sault Ste. Marie

Mr. Brian Haines (First Bar 30 years)

Simcoe
Mr. David Hargreaves (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Bob Lewis (First Bar 30 years)
Ms. Tori Redgate (First Bar 30 years)
Ms. Mary Shannon-Hill (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Brett Squires (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Glenn Surgenor (First Bar 30 years)

York Region
Mr. Matthew Belanger (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Lorne Cowx (First Bar 30 years)

Award Recipients Unable to Attend Ceremony are:

Brant County
Mr. Charles Longeway (Second Bar -- 40 years)

Chatham-Kent
Mr. Robert France (First Bar 30 years)

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Niagara
Mr. Graham Garratt (First Bar 30 years)

Ottawa
Mr. Stephen McMahon (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Kevin Newell (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Hilton Radford (First Bar 30 years)

Simcoe
Mr. Jack Black (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Carl Eichenberger (Second Bar -- 40 years)
Mr. Jeff LeClair (First Bar 30 years)

Thunder Bay (Superior North)

Mr. Don Stokes (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Gord MacCabe (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Stephane Leblanc (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Jeff Monas (First Bar 30 years)
Mr. Wayne Gates (First Bar 30 years)

Toronto
Mr. Charles Searle (Second Bar -- 40 years)