Ottawa Fire Services

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Safety 23 is the department's on duty Safety Officer, which is a Captain's rank.  The Safety Officer responds citywide to all working fires, extrications, technical rescues, water/ice rescues, hazmat calls and any other incident with increased to risk to personnel, as well as attending all collisions involving fire apparatus, and all injuries to firefighters while on duty, amongst other duties.  The SO is automatically assigned to these types of calls, but can also self dispatch.  

 

This 2013 Tahoe is assigned as Safety 23. There is no rear seat, the doors open to reveal compartments.  This well thought out unit, can be extremely busy, and can have some runs over 45 minutes in length!