Ottawa Fire Services

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Canada's capital has been on a major apparatus upgrade over the past few years.  

 

A quick lowdown, there are 45 stations, 29 staffed with career members (4 of those outlying stations also have a volunteer contingent) and 16 volunteer stations.  Additional stations are in the planning stages, for rapidly growing areas of the city.  There are about 950 career members and 400 volunteers.  The city has a population of about 1,000,000, that grows significantly during the week. EMS is run by a separate city service, however, fire does respond to medical emergencies.  

 

There are a number of stations that are part of the Special Operations Division, including water/ice, high angle, technical, collapse, trench, and confined space rescue, and a level 3 hazmat team.

 

There are 9 districts, and the stations are numbered accordingly, eg. District 1 has station 11, 12, and 13, District 2 has stations 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25.

 

Pump 21 is one of 12 new KME 1250/600 pumpers recently purchased in 2013.  These pumpers were the first to be designed by a new apparatus committee, and are a major change from previous apparatus. Station 21 is one of 2 stations that provide hazmat services.

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Rescue 12 is located in the downtown area of the city, and is a 2010 Spartan/Eastway

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Ladder 22 is a 2003 E\-One Cyclone 1750/300/95 foot.  Station 22 is located in the west end of the city.

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Station 22 is part of Special Operations in that it is a water/ice rescue station.

 

Pump 22 is a 2002 HME/Fort Garry 1250/500.

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Water Rescue 22 is a 2013 Ford F250

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Car 20 is the District Chief for District 2, the west end. 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe.

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Pump 24 is another of the 12 2013 KME 1250/600 rigs that were purchased.  

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Ladder 24 is a 2003 E\-One Cyclone 1750/300/95 foot, that has the distinction of being the only rig in the entire FD fleet with a Detroit Diesel motor.

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Station 24 is the primary hazmat response station, and as such, is equipped with 2 hazmat units.  Hazmat 24 is a 1999 GMC/Almonte.  This truck will be replaced in 2015 with a newly ordered Spartan/EVI tandem axle hazmat truck.  As Ottawa is one of 3 provincial Level 3 hazmat response teams, this truck could respond anywhere within Ontario for a serious hazmat/CBRN incident.

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A specialized part of Station 24 complement is IHAT 24 (Initial Hazard Assessment Team)  This truck carries highly specialized detection equipment, and is designed for low visibility response, hence the lack of graphics.  On many of the CBRN responses that a national capital fire service would respond to, many are deemed low priority, so this vehicle fits into that operation.

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Pump 31 is a 2009 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1250/500.

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Pump 32 covers an urban area with high rises with commercial and industrial properties, however, it also has a very large rural area that it covers, so they are equipped with this 2008 Spartan/Carl/Thibault 1250/2500.  This is one of 11 such apparatus in the city fleet.

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Ladder 42 is a 2003 E\-One Cyclone 1750/300/100 foot.

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Pump 42 is a 2013 KME 1250/600

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Pump 47 is a 2013 KME 1250/600

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Ladder 47 is a 2006 Spartan/Carl Thibault 1750/300/109 foot RK Ladder.

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POD 47 is a 2012 Freightliner platform on demand truck, one of 2 in the city fleet.  Station 47 is one of 2 trench and confined space rescue stations.  There are a number of PODS available, for specific needs depending on the situation.  Typically, the shoring POD is kept loaded on the truck.

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Ladder 51 is a 2008 E\-One Cyclone 1750/300/135 foot Bronto.

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Air Tender 54 is this Ford F350/PK Bodies that performs the duties of the air truck.

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Good photos!

 

tHANKs