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The Canadian ambulance remount program plays a critical role in keeping frontline vehicles available while helping services manage fleet costs and replacement cycles. Long remount lead times put added pressure on ambulance operations, fleet planning, and budgets.
To help accelerate ambulance return-to-service timelines and better support Paramedic Services across Canada, starting in summer 2026, approximately 10% of the remount work currently performed in Canada for U.S. customers will be transferred to a new remount centre in Elkhart, Indiana, freeing up additional capacity for Canadian fleets.
For fleet managers, this means shorter, more predictable remount timelines, improved vehicle availability, and greater flexibility when scheduling replacement cycles. It also strengthens mixed procurement strategies by helping services better balance new ambulance purchases with remounts.
This expansion reflects the DBCM group’s broader strategy to increase its remount footprint across North America while freeing up more dedicated capacity to support the Canadian remount program.
“Opening the new remount centre gives us greater flexibility to balance production more efficiently and continue improving turnaround times for Canadian customers.”
This initiative builds on the operational improvements already implemented across Canada, which allowed reduce remount lead times from 14 months to 9 months in Eastern Canada and 6 months in Western Canada.
More capacity for Canada, faster turnaround for fleets
Reducing remount timelines requires more than simply increasing production speed. It depends on balancing capacity, simplifying workflows, and minimizing operational bottlenecks without compromising quality or safety standards.
According to Vincent Lefrançois, Director of the Eastern ambulance remount centre, one of the biggest operational challenges came from the complexity of U.S. ambulance configurations.
“American vehicles require much more customization, engineering, and development work. That makes U.S. remounts heavier operationally and more time-consuming for our teams. Canadian vehicles are far more standardized.”
By transferring U.S. remount production to another centre, Canadian teams can now focus on domestic fleet needs. This adjustment reduces congestion in production planning and creates more room to process Canadian remounts efficiently.
Maintaining OEM quality standards throughout the remount process
While production capacity continues to evolve, the engineering discipline and OEM-controlled processes behind each remount remain unchanged.
Every remount continues to follow the same structured approach to safety, compatibility, and compliance standards expected from an OEM manufacturer. Turnaround times are improving without compromising the quality, reliability, or operational consistency expected from frontline ambulance fleets.
Learn more about our remount program and how it can support your fleet strategy.
