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Backcountry Medic Services Ltd. (BMS) is a company dedicated to protecting the safety of wilderness workers by providing Rescue Paramedics with fully equipped Emergency Transport Vehicles and wildlife safety monitors.

WorkSafe BC has mandated that workers in remote areas must have effective first aid coverage and BMS has developed a comprehensive program to provide this service.

The owners of Backcountry Medic Services come from a wilderness based business background and have many years of experience living and working in remote areas of the bush.

With a keen eye for streamlining operations and policy and procedures, they have been a successful part of major industrial work in Northern BC.

Backcountry Medic Services puts their client’s needs first and deliver results with exceptional employees and customers service.

Our policies, procedures and standards are comprehensive and far exceed the minimum standards required by legislation for the industry.

SAFETY POLICY

BMS uses an online service called Safety Sync. All of our safety documentation is online and accessible to our staff at all times.

DRUG & ALCOHOL

Policy requires an employee to abstain from illegal drugs at all times and alcohol at least 24 hours from the date of deployment and for the duration of the shift.

FUNCTIONAL FITNESS

This policy is in accordance with the WCB regulation governing the physical and medical fitness levels required for first aid attendants.

PRIVACY POLICY

The privacy policy outlines how we collect personal information and what we do with it. Employees are required to keep all medical and operational information private.

Safety Services

BMS staff are proactive members of the team and can be counted on to ensure that safety is priority and preventing accidents is a major focus. Our staff will work with crew leads to ensure that safety policies are being followed by contractor’s staff and assisting with tailgate meetings, field level hazard assessments and emergency response plans.

Working Alone

BMS has designed a daily check in system that is outside of the normal on site check in with the client’s supervisor. Every morning as work is starting, a call will be placed to the BMS office where the office will record the time of the call and details of the work location for the day. At the end of the day, the staff member will call the office to report in that the work is complete for the day and the crew has safely returned.

Policy and Code of Contact

BMS has developed comprehensive policy and emergency response plans to ensure that safety is followed at all times and incidents are reported to ensure that possible conflicts are analyzed and dealt with accordingly.  Each new member of staff is required to sign the code of conduct which outlines their responsibilities and the company’s expectations for personal conduct and privacy.

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