An article in the Niagara Dailies and The Peterborough Examiner reported that Kevin Smith, Niagara EMS Chief, NC alumnus (Ambulance and Emergency Care, 1992) and NC Board of Governor, will be taking on a new role as Chief Systems and Strategy Officer for British Columbia Emergency Health Services.
The article includes comments from Dr. Mustafa Hirji, Niagara’s Acting Medical Officer of Health and Ron Tripp, Niagara’s Chief Administrative Officer, on Smith’s contributions to paramedicine in Niagara. Among his many notable accomplishments, Smith helped lead Niagara EMS’s transformation to a mobile integrated health model of service delivery – a structure that includes more than 450 advanced and primary care paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, nurses, occupational therapists, emergency planners, support and administrative staff.
Read the full March 23 article on the St. Catharines Standard website here.
The announcement was also shared by several other media outlets in Niagara:
Read 101.1 More FM’s Mar. 23 news brief here.
Read Newstalk 610 CKTB’s Mar. 23 news brief here.
Read InNiagara’s Mar. 24 article here.
