In a ceremony at Queen’s Park this evening, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario will recognize 38 Ontario Paramedics whom have provided pre-hospital emergency medical services to the public in an exemplary manner for a minimum of thirty years. A total of 55 individuals received this honour in 2017.
These paramedics will be presented with their first or second bar for the Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal, which was created in 1994 by the late Governor General Romeo LeBlanc as a component of the Canadian Honours System.
These bars are presented to paramedics who have served for at least thirty years (first bar), or forty years (second bar) in a meritorious manner, characterized by the highest standards of good conduct, industry and efficiency. To qualify, at least ten of these years of service must have been street level (or air) duty involving potential risk to the individual.
The 2017 Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal First and Second Bar recipients are:
Frontenac County
Mr. Terry Baker (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Barry McGrath (First Bar – 30 years)
Grey County
Mr. Jim McConachie (Second Bar – 40 years)
Halton Region
Mr. William Kennedy (Second Bar – 40 years)
Hamilton
Mr. Harold Klassen (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Darren Radtke (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Jeffrey Dunford (First Bar – 30 years)
Huron County
Mr. Tony Southwell (First Bar – 30 years)
Kitchener-Waterloo
Mr. Philip Dunt (First Bar – 30 years)
Manitoulin-Sudbury
Mr. John Lanktree (First Bar – 30 years)
Middlesex-London
Mr. Dale Blanchard (First Bar – 30 years)
Ms. Lee Waterman (First Bar – 30 years)
Niagara
Mr. Roger Mayo (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Michael Neumann (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Randall Garrett (First Bar – 30 years)
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Norfolk
Mr. John Batty (Second Bar — 40 years)
Northumberland
Mr. Robert McColeman (First Bar – 30 years)
Ornge
Mr. Robert Marshall (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Steve Darling (First Bar – 30 years)
Ottawa
Mr. Keith Buchanan (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Stephen Calkins (First Bar – 30 years)
Ms. Lynne Desjardins (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Gerald Lyon (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Frank McGregor (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Robert Pagé (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Dale Snider (First Bar – 30 years)
Peel Region
Mr. Robert Arthur (Second Bar — 40 years)
Ms. Sandra Kearsey (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Brian Parkes (First Bar – 30 years)
Sault Ste. Marie
Mr. Brian Haines (First Bar – 30 years)
Simcoe
Mr. David Hargreaves (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Bob Lewis (First Bar – 30 years)
Ms. Tori Redgate (First Bar – 30 years)
Ms. Mary Shannon-Hill (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Brett Squires (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Glenn Surgenor (First Bar – 30 years)
York Region
Mr. Matthew Belanger (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Lorne Cowx (First Bar – 30 years)
Award Recipients Unable to Attend Ceremony are:
Brant County
Mr. Charles Longeway (Second Bar — 40 years)
Chatham-Kent
Mr. Robert France (First Bar – 30 years)
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Niagara
Mr. Graham Garratt (First Bar – 30 years)
Ottawa
Mr. Stephen McMahon (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Kevin Newell (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Hilton Radford (First Bar – 30 years)
Simcoe
Mr. Jack Black (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Carl Eichenberger (Second Bar — 40 years)
Mr. Jeff LeClair (First Bar – 30 years)
Thunder Bay (Superior North)
Mr. Don Stokes (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Gord MacCabe (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Stephane Leblanc (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Jeff Monas (First Bar – 30 years)
Mr. Wayne Gates (First Bar – 30 years)
Toronto
Mr. Charles Searle (Second Bar — 40 years)
