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Ottawa Fire Services
Operational area
Country Canada
Address1445 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON K1Z 7L9
Agency overview
Established2001 (2001)
Annual calls106,667 (2023)[1]
Employees1,500 (2023)[1]
StaffingCareer, Paid volunteer
CommissionerKim Ayotte
Fire chiefPaul Hutt
EMS levelCFR
IAFF162
MottoProtecting the Nation's Capital with Honour
Facilities and equipment
Divisions9
Battalions9
Stations45
Engines50
Trucks17
Rescues6
AmbulancesSee Ottawa Paramedic Service
Tenders18
HAZMAT2
Rescue boats6
Website
Official website

The Ottawa Fire Services (OFS; French: Service des incendies d’Ottawa) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Organization

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Like most North American fire departments, the Ottawa Fire Services is organized in a paramilitary fashion. The current Chief of the department is Paul Hutt. Serving under Hutt are three Deputy Chiefs, four Platoon Chiefs, five Division Chiefs, four Rural Sector Chiefs and twenty District Chiefs. At the station level, each urban station has a Captain for each of the four platoons. Each truck in the fleet is under the command of either a Captain or Lieutenant. For rural paid-on-call stations, each station has a station Captain and four Lieutenants.

History

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The current Ottawa Fire Services came into existence in 2001 with the amalgamation of nine fire departments from Ottawa and the surrounding areas. The nine former departments include the Ottawa Fire Department, Gloucester Fire Department, Cumberland Fire Department, Kanata Fire Department, Nepean Fire Department, Osgoode Fire Department, Rideau Fire Department, Goulbourn Fire Department and West Carleton Fire Department.

Operations

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There are 45 fire stations located across Ottawa, including 16 Paid On-Call stations and 5 composite stations. The stations are assigned to 9 district operations units. On Friday September 3, 2010, Chief deHooge announced that a three-year trial testing the use of 24-hour shift rotations would begin in January 2011. In Canada twelve of the fifteen largest fire departments are using the 24-hour shift rotation.

Equipment

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Currently, City of Ottawa firefighters are issued tan Starfield Lion bunker gear, black leather Haix structural fire boots, and traditional black Cairns 1044 structural firefighting helmets for firefighters, red 1044s for Lieutenants and Captains and white 1044s for Chief Officers. In 2015, the department phased out their SCBAs (previously the ISI Viking), and replaced them with the MSA Firehawk M7XT with Rescue Belt II system and Ultra Elite facepiece.

Fire Stations and apparatus

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Ottawa Fire Services Pumper/Tanker 53
Station
# 		District
# 		Neighbourhood Pumper Company Tower Company or Ladder Company Pumper Tanker or Tanker unit Car (Chief) unit Miscellaneous
units 		Address Build
year
11 1 Little Italy / Chinatown Pumper 11A
Pumper 11B		 Tower 11 Car 10 (District Chief) Water Rescue 11 135 Preston Street 1985
12 1 The Glebe Pumper 12 Rescue 12
Rope Rescue 12		 635 O'Connor Street 1974
13 1 Sandy Hill / University of
Ottawa		 Pumper 13A
Pumper 13B		 Ladder 13 530 King Edward Avenue 1985
21 2 College Ward Pumper 21 Haz-Mat 21
Haz-Mat Support 21
Decon 21		 1300 Woodroffe Avenue 1986
22 2 Lincoln Heights Pumper 22 Tower 22 Water Rescue 22 1397 Richmond Road 1989
23
(Headquarters) 		2 Westboro Pumper 23 Tower 23 Car 1 (Fire Chief)
Car 2 (Deputy Chief)
Car 3 (Deputy Chief)
Car 4 (Deputy Chief)
Car 5 (Deputy Chief)
Car 6 (Platoon Chief)
Car 7 (Reserve Chief)
Car 8 (Division Chief)
Car 9 (Reserve Chief)
Car 20 (District Chief)		 Safety Officer 23
Service Truck 23
Public Information Officer		 1443 Carling Avenue 1985
24 2 Carleton Heights Pumper 24 Ladder 24 Haz-Mat 24
IHAT 24		 230 Viewmount Drive, Nepean 1988
25 2 Crestview Pumper 25 Foam Tender 25 60 Knoxdale Road, Nepean
31 3 Greenboro Pumper 31 Car 30 (District Chief) 3255 Conroy Road 1988
32 3 Leitrim Pumper Tanker 32 3202 Leitrim Road, Gloucester 1996
33 3 Huntclub Pumper 33 Tower 33 3336 McCarthy Road 1983
34 3 Riverside Park Pumper 34 700 Brookfield Road 1987
35
(Communications) 		3 Alta Vista Pumper 35 Tower 35 2355 Alta Vista Drive 1991
36 3 Pineview Pumper 36 1935 Cyrville Road 2017
37 3 Riverside South Pumper 37 Tower 37 Water Rescue 37 910 Earl Armstrong Road 2004
41 4 Glen Cairn Pumper 41 Pumper Tanker 41 Car 40 (District Chief) Squad 41
Air Tender 41		 380 Eagleson Road, Kanata 1981
42 4 Beaverbrook Pumper 42 Ladder 42 1021 Teron Road, Kanata 1970
43 4 Bell's Corners Pumper Tanker 43 Rescue 43
Rope Rescue 43		 3845 Old Richmond Road 1990
44 4 Barrhaven Pumper 44 1075 Greenbank Road 1979
45 4 March Tanker 45 Squad 45
Support Unit 45		 640 Cameron Harvey Drive, Kanata 1980
46 4 Kanata West Pumper 46 Pumper Tanker 46 Command 46
Service Vehicle 46		 34 Iber Road 2011
47 4 Barrhaven South Pumper 47 Ladder 47 Tech Rescue 47
Tech Rescue Support 47		 3559 Greenbank Road 2011
51 5 Quarries Pumper 51 Tower 51 Car 50 (District Chief) 900 Montreal Road
52 5 Convent Glen Pumper 52 6213 Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard, Orleans 1978
53 5 Falling Brook Pumper 53 Ladder 53 Pumper Tanker 53 Rescue 53
Squad 53
Water Rescue 53		 500 Charlemagne Boulevard, Orleans 1991
54
(Air and Rehab) 		5 Blackburn Hamlet Pumper 54 Ladder 54 Rehab 54
Air Tender 54		 3080 Innes Road 1991
55 5 Summerside Pumper 55 2283 Portobello Boulevard, Orleans 2017
56 5 Overbrook Pumper 56 275 Coventry Road 1986
57 5 Vanier Pumper 57 Ladder 57 220 Beechwood Avenue 1987
61 6 Kinburn Pumper 61 Tanker 61 3150 Kinburn Side Road 1983
62 6 Fitzroy Harbour Pumper 62 Tanker 62 Water Rescue 62
Service Vehicle 62		 6900 Harbour Street 1976
63 6 Constance Bay Pumper Tanker 63
Tanker 63		 Brush Truck 63
UTV 63
Snowmobile 63		 341 Bayview Drive, Woodlawn 1988
64 6 Carp Pumper 64 Tanker 64 Car 60 (District Chief) Rescue 64 475 Donald B. Munro Drive
66 6 Dunrobin Ladder 66 Pumper Tanker 66 3285 Dunrobin Road 1987
71 7 Navan Pumper 71 Tanker 71 Brush Truck 71
UTV 71		 1246 Colonial Road
72 7 Cumberland Village Pumper 72 Tanker 72 Squad 72 2245 Old Montreal Road 1997
73 7 Vars Pumper Tanker 73
Tanker 73		 Car 70 (District Chief) Service Vehicle 73 6090 Rockdale Road 2007
81 8 Stittsville Pumper 81A
Pumper 81B		 Tower 81 Tanker 81 Car 80 (District Chief) 1641 Stittsville Main Street
82 8 Richmond Pumper 82 Tanker 82 Rescue 82 6280 Perth Street 1994
83 8 North Gower Pumper 83 Tanker 83 Brush Truck 83
UTV 83		 2352 Roger Stevens Drive
84 8 Corkery Pumper Tanker 84 Brush Truck 84
Squad 84
UTV 84		 3449 Old Almonte Road 1986
91 9 Metcalfe Tower 91 Pumper Tanker 91 Squad 91 8011 Victoria Street
92 9 Osgoode Pumper 92 Tanker 92 Water Rescue 92 3110 Nixon Drive
93 9 Greely Pumper Tanker 93 Rescue 93
Brush Truck 93
UTV 93		 6891 Parkway Road
94 9 Manotick Pumper 94 Tanker 94 Car 90 (District Chief) Squad 94 5669 Manotick Main Street 1993

Apparatus glossary

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  • Pumper (P)
  • Ladder (L)
  • Tower (T)
  • Rescue (R)
  • Tanker (TA)
  • Pumper/Tanker (PT)
  • Hazardous materials unit (HM)
  • Technical Rescue unit (TR)
  • Squad (S)
  • Service Vehicle (SV)
  • Support Unit (SU)
  • Brush Truck (BT)
  • Water Rescue (WR)
  • Air Management (AM)
  • Rehab Vehicle (RHB)
  • Brush Tanker (BTA)
  • Pod Vehicle (PV)
  • Safety Officer (SFTY)
  • Officers Car (C)
  • Fire Investigator (INV)
  • Foam Truck (FT)
  • Command Vehicle (CMD)
  • Initial Hazard Assessment Team (IHAT)
  • All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)
  • Snowmobile (SM)

Support offices

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Office Address Division
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters 1445 Carling Avenue Head Office
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters 1445 Carling Avenue Fire Department Administration
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters 1443 Carling Avenue Equipment Maintenance Division
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters 1443 Carling Avenue Safety Officer's Division
Ben Franklin Place 101 Centerpointe Drive Bureau of Investigations and Prevention
Charles Sim Municipal Garage 2799 Swansea Crescent Fleet Maintenance Division
Ottawa Fire Services Training Center 898 Industrial Avenue Training Division
Ottawa Fire Services Communications Center 1423 Randall Ave Communications and Dispatch Division
Ottawa Fire Services Air Management Center 3080 Innes Road Air Management and Rehabilitation Division

Notable Incidents

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The history of the Ottawa Fire Services includes several notable incidents, including the 1900 Hull–Ottawa fire.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=188777. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Cite error: The named reference "pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
Bibliography
  • Graham, John W. (1922), History of the Ottawa Fire Department. Vol. III., Ottawa, Ontario: Transactions of the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa, III.
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