Bamfield Ambulance

WHEREAS Bamfield needs an ambulance service; AND WHEREAS Bamfields population is approximately 350 doubling in summer and produces approximately 35 to 40 medical responses, along with 100 to 120 search and rescue events and 20 Medic-airvacs each year: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the provincial government continue to explore ways to provide ambulance services in Bamfield, utilizing existing resources and by developing partnerships between the Vancouver Island Health Authority, BC Ambulance Service, Emergency Health Services and the Bamfield and Huu-ay-aht First Nation communities.