15 Field Ambulance 15 ( Edmonton ) Field Ambulance ( 15 ( Edm ) Fd Amb ) is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve medical unit headquartered in Edmonton with a detachment ( 15 ( Edmonton ) Field Ambulance Detachment Calgary ) in Calgary . The unit mission is to attract , train , force generate and retain high - quality health service personnel to provide health service support ( HSS ) to 41 Canadian Brigade Group and to augment CF domestic and international operations . An additional and important activity is to participate in activities that will raise its profile in Edmonton and Calgary . History . 15 ( Edmonton ) Field Ambulance ' s lineage originates with 4 Casualty Clearing Station mobilized in December 1939 as one of the medical units of the 1st Canadian Division for service overseas during the second world war . 4 CSS departed Halifax on 30 Jan 1940 embarked in the " Empress of Britain " and disembarked along the Clyde on 8 February 1940 . The unit was directed to Aldershot were it spent the next three years . The medical services of 4 CCS during the winter of 1941 – 42 were provided in a large country house that accommodated 130 patients . Patients expected to be ill for more than three or four days were transferred from a field ambulance to the CCS . During the Dieppe Raid , 4 CCS remained in Dorking , England . Casualties from the battle were evacuated by landing craft back to the casualty reception area at Portsmouth and 4 CCS handled the walking wounded . In 1943 4 CCS was sent to Sicily and operated in Catania providing care for sick and injured Canadian soldiers . The unit followed the battle of the I Canadian Corps through Ortona to the Gustav Line , on to the Hitler Line and Northern Italy . In 1945 , the unit moved to Marseilles , France , and to Belgium and finally into Holland . 4 CCS opened with attached surgical and transfusion units in Brackenstein , near Nijmegen . At war ' s end , 4 CCS returned to Canada and was re - designated 36 Casualty Clearing Station in the Militia . In 1954 , the unit was once again re - designated 23 Medical Company ( Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps ) . 23 Med Coy trained to achieve the highest standards and won the Ryerson Trophy each year from 1961 to 1964 , and 1972 to 1974 . In 1978 23 Medical Company was once again redesignated as 15 ( Edmonton ) Medical Company . In 1991 , 14 Medical Platoon of 14 ( Calgary ) Service Battalion was reassigned and became 15 ( Edmonton ) Medical Company Detachment Calgary . In 2004 , subsequent to the reorganization of all Canadian Forces medical and dental units into the Canadian Forces Health Services Group , the militia medical companies were re - designated and organized as Reserve field ambulances and the unit became 15 ( Edmonton ) Field Ambulance with its detachment 15 ( Edmonton ) Field Ambulance Detachment Calgary . Present day . 15 ( Edm ) Fd Amb is a unit of 1 Health Services Group and under operational control ( OPCON ) of 41 Canadian Brigade Group , consisting of all Alberta Army Reserve personnel . As a Canadian Forces ( CF ) Primary Reserve unit , members may serve on a full or part - time basis . Deployments are voluntary , and personnel continue to serve alongside Regular Force CF members . The Edmonton unit is based at Brigadier James Curry Jefferson Building , and in Calgary at the Northeast Armoury . The current commanding officer ( 23 February 2013 ) is Commander Robert Briggs of Edmonton . Operations . 15 Field Ambulance members have deployed in many domestic and international operations including : Royal Canadian Army Cadets . 15 ( Edmonton ) Field Ambulance is affiliated with 2995 Medical Company RCACC , based in Lac La Biche , Alberta .