Mission and Vision Statement
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:
- To be available on a 24 hour basis to respond with optimum speed and efficiency to all emergencies.
- 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.
- 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