Last Monday at the latest Committee of the Whole meeting, the Thompson Fire and Emergency Services reviewed ambulance coverage levels in their latest report.

 

One of the key figures highlighted was the number of “overlap” hours- times when both TFES ambulances were already on calls and no unit was immediately available.

 

In December, that total came to just over 138 hours. The figure does not include coverage provided by Shared Health.

 

Mayor Colleen Smook explains whether the situation is improving or becoming more of a concern.

 

“More than half of those hours occurred in the first four months of this year. We should note that, since May, there has only been one month where there was more than 10 hours of unavailability and that was in July when there was ten and a half hours. In 2024, there was more than one thousand hours.”

 

The mayor continued by stating the situation has greatly improved.