Frederick Laurin began his career in 1974, and has been involved in EMS for over 30 years. He started with ten years as a front line paramedic with experience in land and air ambulance operations, then worked twenty years in senior management in both private and public sector ambulance operations, including owning and operating a large service in central Ontario with over 200 employees. Fred has also served the First Nations and the Ministry of Health as a consultant on the development of First Nations Ambulance Services in the province of Ontario.