GeoPosting has been utilized for ambulances across the province in efforts to make the service more efficient. 

The plan was kicked into effect in 2017 when Shared Health was given the responsibility for ambulance dispatches in Manitoba. Communications specialist Sara Locke explains the system receives 9-1-1 calls issued outside of Winnipeg and triages them. Paramedics are then dispatched to the location of the call.

Many of these calls require a model in effect that can be flexible in its deployment. This is where the new system shines.

For example, if two communities each have ambulance stations, and one is out on a local call, a second ambulance is immediately sent halfway between both communities in case a second call comes in from either community.

The system also works well for large events where ambulances are stationed in case of an emergency to further enhance their flexibility of dispatches.

Funding is being increasingly invested in making this a more widespread and more efficient system everywhere in Manitoba.