Since its inception, the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) has evolved into a single unified operation, decentralized by design, but providing the organizational structure necessary for system improvements in operational efficiency, effectiveness and quality of care. This growth has taken a gradual path, as over its history the BCAS has assumed responsibility for ambulance service provision in communities increasingly more distant from the population centres of the Lower Mainland and Victoria.
The stories of the "Old Days" have been passed on through time and some are now almost mythical. Many of the paramedics and support staff that began this journey over 30 years ago are still with the Service today to see the vision of Dr. Ransford and Carsen Smith realized.
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