Grey County building new paramedic base in West Grey

Grey County is purchasing land to build a new paramedic base in the Municipality of West Grey.

At its meeting on Jan. 11, county council gave the thumbs up to a plan to purchase a piece of property from West Grey for $150,000 to be used for the new paramedic base.

West Grey has property in the Town of Durham that it is using to build a new police station for the West Grey Police Service. The county will purchase 0.73 aces for the new paramedic station. The property is located at Durham Road West and Chester Street West.

“This property is the ideal location for the new paramedic base as it provides direct access to Grey Road 4 to quickly respond to emergency calls and is located near the hospital in Durham,” Deputy CAO Randy Scherzer said in a report to council.

The total cost of the new station is estimated at $3 million. That amount was included in the county’s 2024 budget, which was recently approved.

The new base in West Grey is one of the bases that were proposed in the county Comprehensive Deployment Review Implementation Plan on paramedic services.

“These new bases are part of the overall service enhancements recommended in the deployment review that will ensure that Paramedic Services can meet Grey County’s growing demand and sustain current service levels,” said Scherzer.

The county will use a standardized based design for all new bases for efficiency purposes. The paramedic base in Craigleith will be used as the template.

“The Craigleith design is functional and meets all the needs of a base as well as it can be increased or decreased in size based upon the needs of the community,” said Scherzer.