911 is the nationwide emergency telephone number (maybe not officially but in practice) - RCMP operates some PSAPs - some PSAPs cover huge areas
2000 - many municipalities were merged to create regional agencies - this affected many fire departments and ambulance services
RCMP provides local police protection services in many communities - larger cities typically operate their own police departments
Fire departments have been regionalized - 2000 to 2010 approx
Ambulance services have been merged to the province wide level
Radio systems are typically 150 Mhz, 450 Mhz, or 800 mhz - a major movement to trunked and digital system has moved many agencys off of conventional systems