Ottawa Fire Services

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Station 13 still running an E\-One or a spartan ct?

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Station 13 still running an E-One or a spartan ct?

Running an E\-One 100 foot stick

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One of the reserve pumps, this 1997 Freightliner/Superior 1050/1000 originally served the Ottawa Fire Department prior to amalgamation.  This was a demo bought as an emergency purchase.

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Another reserve, this 2000 International/Superior 1250/700 was also an emergency purchased demo by Ottawa prior to amalgamation.

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This 2000 Spartan/Superior 1050/600 is another reserve that was originally Kanata Pump 2.

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This 2002 HME/Fort Garry 1250/500 was the first fire truck purchased by the newly amalgamated Ottawa Fire Services.  It was originally in service as Pump 13B, then the busiest truck in the city.  This truck is now a reserve. This was the first of 2 groups purchased that year for a total of 14 pumpers.

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Another reserve, this 2003 HME/Fort Garry 1250/500 was one of a group of 6 purchased.  It originally saw service at Pump 24.

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Some additional background on Ottawa Fire Services.

 

Prior to January 1, 2001, there were 9 fire departments within the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (county government).  They were:

 

Ottawa (14 career stations) +/- 600 career members

Gloucester (4 career stations) 130 career members

Nepean (4 career stations) 120 career members

Kanata (3 composite stations) +/- 30 career and 40 volunteers

Cumberland (1 composite and 3 volunteer stations) +/- 30 career, 80 volunteer 

Osgoode Township (3 volunteer stations) 60 volunteers

Rideau Township (2 volunteer stations) +/- 50 volunteers

Goulbourn Township (2 volunteer stations) +/- 50 volunteers

West Carleton Township (6 volunteer stations) +/- 100 volunteers

 

In addition, the city of Vanier and the Village of Rockcliffe both purchased fire protection from Ottawa.

 

On January 1, 2001,  the Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton ceased to exist, and all 11 municipalities were amalgamated into the new City of Ottawa.  The fire departments remained somewhat autonomous until 2003, when the first inter-departmental transfers occurred. Automatic backup did occur, but the crews remained within their old "silos" until the transfers occurred, in order to give administration time to organize policies and procedures.

 

Additional stations have been built since the amalgamation to service rapidly growing areas.

 

Districts are organized as follows, and unless noted, are manned by career members:

 

District 1 - Centretown (stations 11, 12, 13)

District 2 - West End (stations 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)

District 3 - South End (stations 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)

District 4 - Far West (stations 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47) 41, 45, 46 are composite

District 5 - East End (stations 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57) 53 is composite

District 6 - Rural Northwest (stations 61, 62, 63, 64, 66) volunteer

District 7 - Rural East (stations 71, 72, 73) volunteer

District 8 - Rural Southwest (stations 81, 82, 83, 84) volunteer

District 9 - Rural South (stations 91, 92, 93, 94) volunteer

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One of 2 2003 HME/Almonte heavy rescues held in reserve, this truck originally served Rescue 43

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The other 2003 HME/Almonte heavy rescue served Rescue 12, before becoming a spare.

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Pump 12 is a 2010 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1250/500 that responds in the downtown neighborhood known as "The Glebe"

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Tanker 63 runs out of Constance Bay and is a 2001 Freightliner/Almonte 1050/2500.

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Pump-Tank 91 is a 2005 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1250/2500 that runs out of the volunteer station in the Village of Metcalfe.

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Pump-Tank 93 runs out of the Village of Greely volunteer station, and is a 2006 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1250/2500

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Pump 64 is a 2005 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1250/500.  Station 64 is a volunteer station in the Village of Carp.

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Reserve Tanker 81 is a 1996 GMC/Dependable 840/2500 that originally served Goulbourn Township Station 2 prior to amalgamation. This truck is slated to be replaced in 2015.

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Reserve Ladder 36 is a 2002 E\-One 1750/300/100 foot that originally served station 13 as Ladder 13, the busiest ladder in the city.  I drove this truck on a LOT of alarms and to a lot of fires over the 5 years I was assigned here, hence, my Firepics name!!

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Reserve Ladder 33 is a 2009 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1750/300/104 foot RK Platform.

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Reserve Ladder 31 is a 2006 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1750/300/109 foot RK Ladder.

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Amy reason why older ladder and platform was in front Line at place of newer. 2009 in reserve!!