Frontenac Paramedic superintendent receives Exemplary Services Medal

Oct 13, 2016

Frontenac Paramedic Services (FPS) superintendent Todd Fisher received the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Services Medal at the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) 2016 Annual General Meeting in Collingwood, which was held Sept. 27 - 29. Part-time FPS superintendent Todd Lamorre, who is a superintendent in Hastings County as well, also received the award. The award is presented to paramedics who have served for at least 20 years in way that is characterized by the highest standards of conduct.

At a formal ceremony during the OAPC gala on Thursday, Fisher received his medal from Honorary Lieutenant General Richard Rohmer and was joined on stage in front of hundreds of his peers by FPS Chief Paul Charbonneau and Deputy Chief David Gemmill. Fisher has been with FPS since 2004 and was stationed at various services in Alberta prior to that. Lieutenant General Rohmer is Canada's most decorated citizen and the Honorary Chief of the OAPC.

“I am proud to be the Warden of a County that is served by such amazing paramedics as Fisher and Lamorre and I am very pleased to see this kind of acknowledgement for them,” said Frontenac County Warden Frances Smith. “The County and the City of Kingston are well served by such outstanding paramedics and I encourage everyone to take a moment and express their gratitude to all of them.” The Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal was created in 1994 by the late Governor General Romeo LeBlanc, as a component of the Canadian Honours System. Since the Award’s inception, there have been approximately 1,750 Ontario recipients of the Medal.