Ambulance New Brunswick

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Ambulance New Brunswick - Ambulance Nouveau Brunswick
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Established 2007
Headquarters Moncton, New Brunswick
Jurisdiction Provincial
Website www.ambulancenb.ca

Ambulance New Brunswick (French: Ambulance Nouveau Brunswick), also referred to as ANB, is a provincial Crown corporation administered by the Department of Health in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Canada Country in North America

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New Brunswick province in Canada

New Brunswick is one of four Atlantic provinces on the east coast of Canada. According to the Constitution of Canada, New Brunswick is the only bilingual province. About two thirds of the population declare themselves anglophones and a third francophones. One third of the overall population describe themselves as bilingual. Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas, mostly in Greater Moncton, Greater Saint John and the capital Fredericton.

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All ground ambulance and air ambulance service in New Brunswick is contracted by ANB to New Brunswick EMS Inc., a subsidiary of Medavie Health Services.

ANB is responsible for administering New Brunswick's pre-hospital emergency health services, which is delivered by NB EMS through a fleet of ground ambulances and their support facilities and approximately 800 paramedics.

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ANB leases all ground ambulances from Malley Industries in Moncton, NB; it leases support facilities under long-term agreements, which are operated under contract by NB EMS.

NB EMS operates a central, provincial 911 ambulance dispatch centre in Moncton, entitled Medical Communications Management Centre, which coordinates emergency medical services across the province.

Moncton City in New Brunswick, Canada

Moncton is the largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" due to its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes.

History

Prior to December 16, 2007, New Brunswick relied on approximately 52 private, public and volunteer ambulance operators to provide emergency medical care. The level of medical care, staff qualifications and type and condition of ambulances and supplies varied throughout the province.

Following the lead of Nova Scotia in 1994 and Prince Edward Island in 2005, the Government of New Brunswick created ANB on June 6, 2007 and began provincial operations on December 16, 2007. A 10-year performance-based operating contract was awarded to New Brunswick EMS Inc. which is a subsidiary of Medavie EMS. Medavie EMS also operates ambulance services in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Nova Scotia Province of Canada

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime Provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada. Its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest of Canada's ten provinces, with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi), including Cape Breton and another 3,800 coastal islands. As of 2016, the population was 923,598. Nova Scotia is Canada's second-most-densely populated province, after Prince Edward Island, with 17.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (45/sq mi).

Prince Edward Island Province of Canada

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