Emergency Response Medical Group at the University of Toronto Scarborough

What Emergency Response Medical Group at the University of Toronto Scarborough does

The Emergency Response Medical Group (EMRG) at the University of Toronto Scarborough is a non-profit volunteer organization founded in 2004 and operated entirely by UTSC student volunteers. It delivers 24/7 on-campus first aid and emergency medical response to the UTSC campus community — students, faculty, staff, and visitors — providing initial life-saving care until Toronto EMS or UTSC Campus Police arrive on scene. Service is delivered from a dedicated office at Bladen Wing BV-306, 1265 Military Trail, with responders reachable via a 24-hour emergency line (647-544-3674) and dispatched through Campus Police coordination.

The organization's service stack comprises three core offerings: a continuous First Aid Response Service equipped with oxygen airway supplies, trauma supplies, spinal immobilization equipment, and AEDs; a Standard First Aid & CPR-C certification course delivered using Canadian Red Cross curriculum and recognized by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board and Ontario Health Regulation; and an Event Coverage Service providing medical standby for campus events including frosh week, varsity and intramural sports, and residence move-in. All members hold at minimum Standard First Aid & CPR-C certification, with additional Emergency First Responder (EFR) training and monthly in-service refreshers. Equipment inventory and responder training are supported through UTSC funding, community sponsorships, and course fees.

EMRG's business model is a hybrid of university funding, course-generated fees (registration via Google Forms with email-coordinated payment), and sponsorship/donation inflows. It is not a revenue-generating enterprise; financial sustainability rests on UTSC institutional support and the volunteer pipeline replenished through annual September recruitment. Partnerships with the Canadian Red Cross, Life Saving Society, ACERT.ca, UTSC Health & Wellness, UTSC Campus Police, and Toronto EMS form the institutional backbone of the service. The organization has no app, no API surface, no proprietary technology platform, and no disclosed financial statements, consistent with its status as a volunteer service group rather than an operating company.

Name

Emergency Response Medical Group at the University of Toronto Scarborough

Legal name

Emergency Medical Response Group at UTSC

Website

https://emrgatutsc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Emergency Response Medical Group (EMRG) at UTSC is a non-profit volunteer student organization that delivers 24/7 on-campus first aid and emergency response services, CPR-C certification courses, and event medical standby to the University of Toronto Scarborough community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Response Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAEACAO

Emergency Medical Response & On-Campus EMS/AED Programs

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Security, Safety & Emergency Preparedness Services (Campus Security, Access Control)

SECONDARYBPAKAOAJ

Emergency Response, First Aid/CPR/AED & Incident Management Training

Business & Public Services/Security & Investigations Services/Training & Certification for Security Personnel

Keywords

• First aid response
• Emergency medical services
• CPR certification training
• Event medical coverage
• Volunteer emergency response

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto, Ontario

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. First Aid Course Fees: EMRG offers Standard First Aid and CPR-C certification courses with registration via Google Forms. Payment is coordinated via [email protected] with in-person payment accommodations available.
2. Sponsorships and Donations: As a non-profit organization run by student volunteers, EMRG accepts financial sponsorships, medical equipment donations, and merchandise contributions. Sponsors receive affiliation and promotional consideration.
3. UTSC Funding: EMRG receives funding from the University of Toronto Scarborough as part of campus support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

EMRG provides 24/7 on-campus emergency first aid and medical response to students, faculty, and visitors at the University of Toronto Scarborough, using AEDs, oxygen airway supplies, trauma supplies, and spinal immobilization equipment. It also delivers Canadian Red Cross Standard First Aid & CPR-C certification courses to UTSC students and external participants, and provides medical standby coverage for campus events such as frosh week, sports games, and varsity activities.

Product overview

EMRG operates as a unified emergency response service combining three core offerings: the 24/7 First Aid Response Service that provides immediate emergency medical care on campus using Oxygen airway, trauma, and spinal immobilization equipment; the Standard First Aid & CPR-C Course which delivers certification training recognized by Ontario regulatory bodies; and the Event Coverage Service that provides medical standby for campus events. The organization is run entirely by volunteer UTSC students trained to Emergency First Responder level.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• First Aid Response Service 24/7 emergency first aid and medical response service provided to students, faculty, and visitors on the UTSC campus, equipped with Oxygen airway supplies, trauma supplies, spinal immobilization equipment, and AEDs, delivering immediate life-saving care until ambulance services arrive.
• Standard First Aid & CPR-C Course Comprehensive first aid and CPR certification course recognized by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board and Ontario Health Regulation, valid for three years. Course fee includes the Canadian First Aid Manual from the Canadian Red Cross. Open to UTSC students and external participants.
• Event Coverage Service On-campus event medical standby and coverage service for UTSC events, including res-move in, frosh week, sports games, dodgeball games, weight lifting competitions, and varsity/intramural/interhouse athletic events. Coverage requests must be submitted via email at least 7 days in advance.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Toronto Emergency Medical ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG works with Toronto EMS as part of the emergency response ecosystem. EMRG initiates life-saving patient care until an ambulance arrives.
• Canadian Red CrosscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG uses Canadian Red Cross curriculum for Standard First Aid training. Course materials include Canadian First Aid Manual. EMRG courses are recognized by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board and Ontario Health Regulation.
• Life Saving SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG collaborates with the Life Saving Society on aquatic and water safety-related emergency response training and certification.
• ACERT.caminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG maintains a partnership with ACERT.ca (Association of Canadian Emergency Response Teams).
• University of Toronto ScarboroughcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG is a non-profit volunteer organization operating within UTSC. The university provides funding and institutional support. EMRG is located in BV-306 on campus.
• UTSC Campus PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG coordinates with UTSC Campus Police for emergency responses. Campus Police contact: 416-287-7333 (Emergency) and 416-287-7398 (General).
• UTSC Health & WellnesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMRG works with UTSC Health & Wellness Centre for campus health services coordination and referrals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• St. John Ambulance Canada: St. John Ambulance is a national volunteer-driven charitable organization that delivers first aid/CPR training and provides volunteer medical first-response coverage at events across Canada. It is directly comparable to EMRG in offering Standard First Aid & CPR courses and event standby, but operates at a national rather than single-campus scale.
• Canadian Red Cross: The Canadian Red Cross supplies EMRG's Standard First Aid curriculum and certification materials, and is the dominant national provider of regulated first aid and CPR training in Canada. It is comparable as the upstream curriculum body and as a broader incumbent delivering overlapping first aid training, water safety, and emergency response programs.
• Toronto Paramedic Services: Toronto Paramedic Services is the municipal 911 ambulance and EMS provider that EMRG hands patients off to once on-scene. It is comparable as the incumbent professional EMS system EMRG's volunteer responders effectively bridge to, and as the broader authority whose standards shape EMRG's scope of practice.

Direct peers

• University of Alberta Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT): UAlberta CERT is a student volunteer emergency response team providing first aid coverage at events and on the University of Alberta campus. It is comparable as another Canadian university-based volunteer EFR-style team with similar mandate, training scope, and event-driven service model.
• University of Toronto Mississauga Emergency Medical Response Group (EMRG UTM): EMRG at UTM is the sister volunteer emergency response organization serving the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. It is directly comparable in mission, structure, training level, and UofT ecosystem integration, making it the most apples-to-apples internal benchmark for EMRG's model.
• McGill University First Aid Response Team: McGill's student volunteer first response team provides on-campus first aid and event coverage at McGill. It is comparable as another Canadian university-based volunteer emergency response organization with the same mission, training profile, and single-campus geographic model as EMRG.
• McMaster University Emergency First Response Team (EFRT): McMaster EFRT is a student-volunteer emergency first response team providing on-campus first aid and event coverage at McMaster University. It is the closest operational peer to EMRG — same volunteer student-club model, similar EFR-equivalent training, similar event-driven GTM on a single university campus.

Others

• Lifesaving Society Canada: The Lifesaving Society is a national charity delivering aquatic safety, lifeguard, and first aid training in Canada and is a listed EMRG training partner. It is comparable as an adjacent training-and-certification provider whose curriculum and standards overlap with EMRG's water-related event response scope.
• Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada: Heart & Stroke is the leading Canadian provider of CPR and AED training and certification through its Resuscitation program. It is comparable as the de facto national standard-setter for the CPR-C and AED training EMRG delivers and competes against for the same student and community training audience.
• Acert (Association of Canadian Emergency Response Teams): ACERT is the Canadian industry association of volunteer and student emergency response teams of which EMRG is a member. It is comparable as the umbrella body that connects EMRG to other university campus response teams across Canada and as a channel for shared training, standards, and sponsorship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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