Responsible for emergency fire and rescue service to the community

• Provides fire prevention services including inspection and investigation
  
• Provides public fire education services

Provides the following services:

• Structural fire fighting including rescue
  
• Grass, brush and forestry fire fighting
  
• First response, tiered response and ambulance assistance
  
• Response to vehicle accidents including extrication services
  
• Hazardous material response
  
• Response to transportation incidents involving vehicles, trains, aircraft and water craft
  
• Performs water and ice rescue
  
• Performs high angle rescue
  
• Performs confined space rescue
  
• Participates in community emergency service plan
  
• Assistance to public, public utilities and police

Emergency room care

Provides diagnostic and treatment services for individuals who have acute life-threatening injuries or severe illnesses

Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program

• Provides initial emergency care only with the patient's informed consent
• Provides follow-up services accessible through the Victim Treatment Centre (VTC) follow-up Nurse

Provincial Telestroke Program offers the following services:

• Stroke coverage, available Mon-Sun 24 hours via Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
• Use of CritiCall Ontario to contact a neurologist
• Supports discussions between Emergency Department physicians and a neurologist regarding the treatment of stroke patients, including the administration of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA), an FDA approved drug used to treat strokes

Operates a full service 30-bed acute care facility

• Offers 3 intensive care beds, 2 labour and delivery rooms, and 25 medical and surgical beds
• Houses a surgical unit which includes a fully integrated operating room, day surgery, post anaesthesia, a recovery room, a pre admission clinic, endoscopy and cardiac stress testing
• Provides a 24 hour emergency department
• Offers services of a visiting orthopaedic surgeon on a monthly basis for total knee arthoplasty
• Offers services of various visiting specialists such as oncologists, pediatricians and geriatricians

Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunication Health (NORTH) Network

• Provides services of medical specialists to patients, family members and rural physicians via teleconferencing
• Provides support and advice to physicians for patient diagnoses and continuing care
• Provides access to professional health education

 

NOTE: Please do not call the emergency department seeking medical advice. Due to legal reasons the emergency department staff are unable to provide advice or information over the telephone

• Responsible for the administration of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Maintains local and regional Heliports
• Maintains a fleet of ambulances, 12 vehicles distributed between four 4 stations

Station Locations
Atikokan StationPhysical Address: 114 Dorothy StMailing Address: P.O. Box 1390 Atikokan, On P0T1C0Non-emergency phone: 807-597-3972Fax: 807-597-4281Atikokan Administrative Office:Rawn Road CentreP.O. Box 1300 Atikokan, On P0T 1C0Ph: 807-597-1431 Fax: 807-597-1493
Emo StationPhysical Address: 32 Florence StMailing Address: PO Box 126 Emo, On P0W 1E0Non-emergency phone: 807-482-2984Fax: 807-482-3633
Fort Frances StationPhysical Address: 801 Scott StMailing Address: 801 Scott Street Fort Frances, ON P9A 1J3Non-emergency phone: 807-274-6952Fax: 807-274-5637
Rainy River StationPhysical Address: 708 Atwood AveMailing Address: PO Box 602, Rainy River, ON P0W 1L0Non-emergency phone: 807-852-3159Fax: 807-852-4227

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
  
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
  
• Education
  
• Emergency planning
  
• Fire investigation
  
• Fire suppression
  
• Hazardous materials information
  
• Home safety which includes ensuring (and annually inspecting) all homes are equipped with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
  
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires
  
• Maintains a community fire hall

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
  
• Education
  
• Emergency planning
  
• Fire investigation
  
• Fire suppression
  
• Hazardous materials information
  
• Home safety which includes ensuring all homes are equipped (and annually inspected) with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers