Tactical Medical Service

What Tactical Medical Service does

Tactical Medical Service Inc. (TMS) is a privately held, veteran-owned emergency medical services company headquartered in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The company delivers three core service lines: Non-Emergency Medical Transport (door-to-door patient transportation funded through a contracted position within the Island Health transportation network serving rural and remote Vancouver Island residents), Private Medical Transportation and Patient Transfer (ranging from basic transfers to Advanced Life Support across North America), and Special Event Medical Services (on-site first-aid and emergency medical coverage for music festivals, sport events, and adventure races across BC and Alberta). Service customers include government health authorities, event organizers, and private patients and families, with all services priced on a custom quote basis.

The company is wholly owned and operated by working provincial paramedics led by President Eric Brand (Advanced Care Paramedic with Alberta Health Services), General Manager Brad Casey, and Fleet & Equipment Manager Nick Barrett. Underlying technology is limited to a staff web portal (My TMS Space) for scheduling, reporting, and internal communications; the core operational asset is a diversified vehicle fleet ranging from 2x4 ETVs to fully equipped 4x4 ambulances, industrial ambulances, and special event ambulances, strategically placed across BC and Alberta for rapid multi-province response.

Name

Tactical Medical Service

Legal name

Tactical Medical Service Inc.

Website

https://tacticalmedicalservice.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tactical Medical Service is a veteran-owned, Nanaimo-based private emergency medical services company providing non-emergency patient transport (via Island Health contract), private Advanced Life Support transfers across North America, and on-site event medical coverage across British Columbia and Alberta.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Special Needs Transportation (485991)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Private EMS Providers (Contract/Interfacility) (HLAFANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical / Assisted Transport (Non-Emergency) (THADAEAJ), Critical Care Transport (CCT) & Specialty Transport Teams (HLAFANAE)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Patient transport services
• Event medical coverage
• Ambulance services
• Paramedic services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nanaimo

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Event Medical Services: TMS provides on-site first-aid and emergency medical care at events (music festivals, sport events, adventure races) on a fee-for-service basis. Pricing is custom/quote-based per event.
2. Non-Emergency Medical Transport: Door-to-door patient transportation services funded by Island Health for rural and remote residents of Vancouver Island. Also serves private patients on a per-transport basis with levels of care ranging from simple transfer to Advanced Life Support across North America.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Tactical Medical Service provides non-emergency and emergency medical services, including door-to-door patient transport funded through Island Health, private medical transportation and patient transfers with levels of care ranging from basic transfer to Advanced Life Support across North America, and on-site special event medical coverage for music festivals, sports events, and adventure races. Services are delivered by qualified medical personnel (First Aiders through Physicians) using a diversified fleet deployed across British Columbia and Alberta.

Product overview

Tactical Medical Service is a veteran-owned emergency and non-emergency medical services company operating throughout British Columbia and Alberta. The company offers three core service lines: Non-Emergency Medical Transport Service (door-to-door patient transportation funded through Island Health), Private Medical Transportation and Patient Transfer (ranging from basic transfers to Advanced Life Support across North America), and Special Event Medical Services (medical coverage for festivals, sports events, and adventure races). Supporting these is a Vehicles and Equipment Fleet providing ETVs, industrial ambulances, and special event ambulances staffed by personnel ranging from First Aiders to Physicians. The company is wholly owned and operated by working provincial paramedics with over 75 years of combined experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Non-Emergency Medical Transport Service

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Island HealthcoreOthersIsland Health currently provides funding to many contract transportation providers as part of a transportation network supporting rural and remote regions of Vancouver Island. TMS is a contracted provider within this network, delivering door-to-door non-emergency patient transportation services for Island residents with barriers to accessing healthcare travel.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Para-Med Home Health Care: Para-Med is a Canadian provider of non-emergency medical transport, home care, and patient transfer services across multiple provinces. It is directly comparable to TMS on the NEMT/patient transfer side and competes for similar government-funded contracts.
• Voyago Health: Voyago (formerly Patient Transfer Services) is a Canadian provider of non-emergency patient transportation, including stretcher and wheelchair transport, across multiple provinces. It directly overlaps with TMS's Island Health-funded NEMT line and is the most comparable Canadian competitor on that core service.
• CritiCare EMS: CritiCare EMS is a Canadian private provider of ambulance, patient transfer, and event medical services. It is a direct peer to TMS on both interfacility transfer and special event medical coverage, operating with a similar regional, contract-driven model.

Emerging players

• St. John Ambulance Canada: St. John Ambulance is a national charitable organization providing first-aid training and event medical coverage across Canada. TMS's Nicholas Barrett serves as Superintendent for a St. John brigade, and the two overlap on event first-aid services, though St. John's model is volunteer-driven and training-focused rather than paramedic-led.
• International SOS: International SOS is a global medical assistance and evacuation company serving travelers, governments, and multinationals. It overlaps with TMS's cross-border Advanced Life Support patient transfer offering for the higher-acuity, internationally mobile segment.

Broad incumbents

• Medavie Health Services: Medavie is the largest private EMS and health services contractor in Canada, operating ground ambulance and patient transfer services across multiple provinces. It competes with Tactical Medical Service for private EMS contracts and is a natural benchmark for scale, although it operates a much broader portfolio beyond TMS's niche.
• BC Emergency Health Services: BC Emergency Health Services operates the public ground and air ambulance service for British Columbia. It is the dominant incumbent in TMS's home province and sets the regulatory and competitive baseline against which TMS's private EMS and NEMT offerings are positioned.
• Acadian Ambulance: Acadian Ambulance is a large US-based private EMS and patient transport provider with national scale. It is a relevant incumbent peer for benchmarking what scaled private EMS looks like and for the cross-border North American transfer work TMS markets to private patients.
• Global Medical Response: Global Medical Response is the parent company of American Medical Response (AMR) and other EMS brands, and is one of the largest private medical transport companies in North America. It is a broad incumbent comparable to TMS on private ambulance and interfacility transfer, especially for cross-border patient movement.

Regional players

• Skyservice Business Aviation: Skyservice is a Canadian air charter and medevac operator that provides air ambulance and patient transfer services across Canada. It is a regional player relevant to TMS's North America-wide private transfer promise, especially for cases requiring air rather than ground transport.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tacticalmedicalservice
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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