New Frontenac Paramedics base opens in Glenburnie

Elected officials, Frontenac Paramedics, emergency system partners, Frontenac County staff, and friends gathered in Glenburnie this morning to officially open the new Glenburnie Frontenac Paramedics base.

“It takes years of planning, cooperation, and commitment among funding partners and organizers to bring a new paramedics base to fruition,” says Frances Smith, Warden of Frontenac County. “This new building is a significant step toward equipping Frontenac Paramedics to serve the residents of Frontenac County and Kingston into the future.”

The opening event included remarks from Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP John Jordan, Kingston and the Islands MPP Ted Hsu, Parliamentary Assistant to MP Mark Gerretsen Molly Brant, City of Kingston Councillor Conny Glenn, Warden Smith, Frontenac County CAO Kevin Farrell, and Frontenac Paramedics Chief Gale Chevalier.

There was an inaugural flag raising, ribbon cutting, and ceremonial Frontenac Paramedics first call followed by tours of the new base and a reception.

Pictured are Parliamentary Assistant to MP Mark Gerretsen Molly Brant, Kingston and the Islands MPP Ted Hsu, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP John Jordan, Frontenac County Councillor Ray Leonard, Frontenac County Councillor Fred Fowler, Frontenac County Warden Frances Smith, Frontenac County Deputy Warden Ron Vandewal, Frontenac Paramedics Chief Gale Chevalier. Frontenac County Councillor Gerry Lichty, City of Kingston Councillor Conny Glenn, Frontenac County Councillor Bill Saunders, Frontenac County CAO Kevin Farrell, Frontenac County staff Brieanna McEathron.

“Finding the financial resources, the land, and political support from all levels of government to then actually build a paramedics base is no joke,” says Frontenac Paramedics Chief Gale Chevalier. “As a project, it’s very hard work with many moving parts and constantly shifting priorities. We still have a lot of work to do to properly equip paramedics in Frontenac and across Eastern Ontario for the future.”

The new two-bay station, located at 2129 Battersea Rd. in Glenburnie, allows Frontenac Paramedics to accommodate more ambulances and on-duty paramedics as demand for emergency medical service continues to grow in our region. The new station, located five minutes north of the Montreal St exit at Highway 401, will primarily serve the Rideau Heights and Montreal St. areas of Kingston, the Highway 401 corridor, and rapidly developing areas of the Township of South Frontenac.

The new Glenburnie Frontenac Paramedics base was officially opened and activated, July 5.

Learn more about Frontenac Paramedics’ Plan for the Future.