Mission Statement

The mission of Peterborough County/City Paramedics is to provide care, treatment, and transportation to the residents and visitors of Peterborough County/City, and surrounding areas to the best of our ability and training.

The fundamental missions of Peterborough County/City Paramedics are:

  1. To be available on a 24 hour basis to respond with optimum speed and efficiency to all emergencies.
  2. To provide emergency patient care to the public we serve. Emergency patient care includes the stabilization, treatment and transportation of the acute and critically injured.
  3. The transport of patients between health care facilities or to or from residences for admission, discharge and/or treatment.

Peterborough County/City Paramedics will use its best efforts as set out by legislation and in response to accepted standards of practice to ensure that all service responsibilities will be delivered in a professional, efficient, courteous and confidential manner.

Vision Statement

Peterborough County is a very special place for people, where planning and stewardship protect a diverse landscape, lifestyle and sense of community.

To achieve this vision, the County will:

  • Respect and protect its traditions of rural lifestyle
  • Maintain and enhance its quality of life through managed orderly growth and development
  • Protect the integrity of the environment
  • Preserve and promote the County’s heritage and culture
  • Provide an efficient, helpful, cost-effective form of County Government

Adopted by County Council at its meeting September 4, 1991