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EMS Classics is a feature column I write for Canadian Paramedicine.

It is my attempt at giving the younger generation who work in EMS today, a snapshot into the history of ambulance service.

If you are interested in purchasing the images or the text copyright to any of the columns please email me at EMSClassics@shaw.ca

All proceeds are donated to the Paramedic Association of Canada Benevolent Society.

EMS Classics Columns

From Canadian Paramedicine (formerly Canadian Emergency News)

Column 00A - History of Crestline 1971 to 2004
Column 00B - Crestline Hearses
Column 00C - Ambulances of The Netherlands
Column 00D - Those S&S Suburbans
Column 01 February/March 2006 - Watch For Cars - Or Ride With Starr's
Column 02 April/May 2006 - Crescent Ambulance, Saskatoon
Column 03 June/July 2006 - Canadian Emergency Services News - Inaugural Issue
Column 04 August/September 2006 - Mechanical Sirens
Column 05 October/November 2006 - The Professional Car Society
Column 06 December 2006 January 2007 - Exclusive Ambulance Service - Ottawa
Column 07 February/March 2007 - Fast or Slow Telephone Numbers
Column 09 June/July 2007 - Police Ambulances
Column 10 August/September 2007 - A Dream Come True
Column 11 October/November 2007 - S & S Cadillacs
Column 12 December 2007 January 2008 - Homemade Station Wagon Ambulances
Column 13 February/March 2008 - Oxygen & Radio Equipped
Column 14 April/May 2008 - Uniform Crests
Column 15 June/July 2008 - Side Loading Ambulances
Column 16 August/September 2008 - Canada's First Ambulance Museum
Column 17 October/November 2008 - Last of the car-Based Ambulances
Column 18 February/March 2009 - BC Government Takeover
Column 19 April/May 2009 - My Crestline History Book
Column 20 June/July 2009 - Junkyard Ambulances
Column 21 August/September 2009 - Swift Current Frontier Days Parade
Column 22 October/November 2009 - Best of Show
Column 23 December 2009 January 2010 - '4 Stretcher' Ambulances
Column 24 February/March 2010 - Early Airplane Ambulances
Column 25 April/May 2010 - Manufactured in Windsor
Column 26 June/July 2010 - EMS Classics Website
Column 27 August/September 2010 - Scoop 'N Run
Column 28 December 2010/ January 2011 - First Aid on the Highways
Column 29 February / March 2011 - 60 Miles to Yorkton Hospital
Column 30 April / May 2011 - Ambulance Competition
Column 31 June / July 2011 - The Brook Airway
Column 32 Aug / Sept 2011 - A new Book of Classic Ambulance Photos
Column 33 Oct / Nov 2011 - The Short Lived Orange Cross Emblem
Column 34 December 2011 / January 2012 - Coaldale's Sedan Ambulance
Column 35 February / March 2012 - Horse Powered Ambulances
Column 36 April / May 2012 - Vancouver's Exclusive Ambulance
Column 37 June / July 2012 - Why Wait for the Ambulance?
Column 38 Aug / Sept 2012 - Ambulances And Paramedics - A New Book
Column 39 Dec 2012 / Jan 2013 - Labatt's Ambulance
Column 40 April / May 2013 - Death Through Misadventure