Fire Services in York Region

Overview

Fire services in York Region are provided for and by each municipality. There are 35 fire stations across the region. Most services consist of full time members, but some services have volunteer firefighters.

The departments in south York Regional deals mostly with residential and commercial incidents. The northern departments deals with rural residential and agricultural fire needs.

History

Fire departments in York Region date back to the 19th Century and all were volunteer units. It was until later in the 20th Century did full time fire departments emerge. Some departments in the region still retain volunteer units. East Gwillimbury Fire is the only all volunteer service in the region.

Small local departments slowly merged to form large departments in the 1960s and 1970s. În the late 1990s, York Region was planning to merge all of York's fire services into one large unit. Resistance from firefighters and others prevent the plan from coming into reality.

The use of "Fire Department" gave way to "Fire and Emergency" as the firefighter's roles expanded in the 1990s.

Command

Each department has their own Chief and senior officers.

Rank

* Firefigther trainee
* Firefighter of Fire Supression Officer
* Volunteer Firefighter
* Captain
* Platoon Chief
* Deputy Chief
* Fire Chief
* Lieutenant
* Fire Prevention Officer
* Chief Mechanical Officer
* Chief Prevention Officer
* Administrative Assistant
* Training Officer

Operations

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Town of Georgina Fire and Rescue

motto =
established = 1980s
staffing = Composite - Full Time and volunteer
strength = 60
stations = 3
engines = 3
trucks = 2
tankers = 3
rescues = 3
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Bill O'Neill
commissioner =

Town of Georgina Fire and Rescue provides fire fighting services to the communities of Keswick, Ontario, Sutton, Ontario and Pefferlaw, Ontario. The department deals mainly with rural fire situations (residential, commercial and agriculture fires), but it has marine and hazmat capabilities. Georgina Fire and Rescue has a mix of full time and volunteer staff with total strength of 60 personnel. A fleet of 18 apparatus are spread across 3 stations. Georgina Fire and Rescue was created from the merger of several local fire departments including Keswick Fire Department and Georgina Fire Department.

tations

*Station 1-4 - 165 The Queensway South, Keswick
*Station 1-6 - 37 Snooks Road, Sutton
*Station 1-8 - 270 Pefferlaw Road, Pefferlaw

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = East Gwillimbury Emergency Services Department

motto =
established =
staffing = Volunteer
strength = 27
stations = 3
engines = 3
trucks = 3
squads =
rescues = 3
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Ken Beckett
commissioner =

East Gwillimbury Emergency Services Department serves the communities of Holland Landing, Ontario, Mount Albert, Ontario and Queensville, Ontario. The fire service operates over an area of 238 square kilometres or 91.89 square miles. All firefighters are volunteers and each station has a staff of 27 and all must be residence of the the Town of East Gwillimbury. The fire service is capable of handling a variety of situation, but it is mostly a rural fire unit.

tations

*Station 2-4 - 19314 Yonge Street, Holland Landing - HQ
*Station 2-6 - 22 Princess Street, Mount Albert
*Station 2-8 - 1590 Queensville Side Road, Queensville

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = King Township Fire & Emergency Services

motto = "Everyone Goes Home"
established =
staffing = Composite - Full Time and volunteer
strength = 105
stations = 3
engines =
trucks = 19
squads =
rescues =
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Bryan Burbidge
commissioner =

King Township Fire & Emergency Services serves the communities of King City, Ontario, Schomberg, Ontario and Nobleton, Ontario. It serves an area of 3000 square kilometres and a population of almost 20,000 residents. The towns fire service is composed of full time and volunteer fire fighters or fire suppression officers.

tations

*Station 3-4 - King City - King Road
*Station 3-6 - Schomberg - 91 Proctor Drive
*Station 3-8 - Nobleton - King Road

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Central York Fire Services

motto =
established = 2002
staffing = Full time
strength = 80 firefighters + 29 senior officers
stations = 4
engines = 4
trucks = 2 - aerials
squads = 3
rescues = 1
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstRespderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = John Molyneaux
commissioner =

Central York Fire Services provides fire services to the Town of Newmarket and Aurora. It has 80 firefighters and 29 senior officers on staff at three fire stations. The fire service was created from the merger of the former Town of Newmarket Fire Department and Town of Aurora Fire Department in 2002. The fire services has 15 vehicles of which 12 are fire fighting ones.

tations

*Station 4-1 - 984 Gorham Street, Newmarket - HQ
*Station 4-2 - McCaffrey Street, Newmarket
*Station 4-3 - 220 Edward Street, Aurora
*Station 4-4 - 1134 Wellington Street East, Aurora - Fred Bolsby Fire Hall

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire Department

motto =
established =
staffing = Composite - Full Time and volunteer
strength = 64
stations = 2
engines =
trucks = 5
squads =
rescues = 1
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Chris Powers
commissioner =

Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire Department provides fire fighting services to Whitchurch, Ontario and Stouffville, Ontario. The services protects 26,000 residents with 14 full-time fire suppression staff, 2 full-time fire prevention Officers, a full-time administrative assistant. There are also 50 trained volunteer firefighters. The fire service has 10 vehicles in the their fleet.

tations

*Station 5-1 - 6392 Main Street
*Station 5-2 - 15400 Highway 48

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Vaughan Fire and Rescue

motto = Pride and Honour
established =
staffing = Composite - Full Time and volunteer
strength = 250
stations = 9
engines = 1
trucks = 1
squads =
rescues = 1
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Greg Senay
commissioner =

Vaughan Fire and Rescue provides fire and emergency needs to the communities in the City of Vaughan (Maple, Ontario, Kleinburg, Ontario, Concord, Ontario, Thornhill, Ontario west of Yonge Street and Woodbridge, Ontario). There are over 250 firefighters on staff with a mix of full time and volunteers. The fire services deals with rural scenarios in the north and urban in the south part of the city.

tations

*Station 7-1 - 835 Clarke Ave (west of Bathurst St.)
*Station 7-2 - 9290 Keele St (north of Rutherford Rd)
*Station 7-3 - 325 Woodbridge Ave (west of Kipling Ave) - Woodbridge Volunteers closed after opening of Station 7-9
*Station 7-4 - 10 665 Islington Ave (south of Hwy 27)
*Station 7-5 - 2 Fieldstone Ave (west from Weston Rd, North of Hwy 7)
*Station 7-6 - 120 McLeary Ct (east from Creditstone, North of Hwy 7)
*Station 7-7 - 40 Eagleview Heights (Major Mackenzie & Hwy 400)
*Station 7-8 - 111 Racco Pkwy (Dufferin & Hwy 407)
*Station 7-9 - 9601 Islington Ave (Rutherford Rd & Islington Ave)

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Richmond Hill Fire Department

motto =
established = 1881
staffing = Full Time
strength = 116
stations = 5
engines = 4
trucks = 2
squads =
rescues = 2
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Shane Baker
commissioner =

Richmond Hill Fire Department provides fire services to the Town of Richmond Hill. It has 116 fire fighters on staff at 5 fire stations.

tations

*Station 8-1 - 191 Major Mackenzie Drive West
*Station 8-2 - 13067 Yonge Street
*Station 8-3 - 1371 16th Avenue
*Station 8-4 - 1365 Elgin Mills Road East
*Station 8-5 - 150 High Tech Road

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Markham Fire and Emergency Services

motto =
established = 1970
staffing = Full time
strength = 200
stations = 8
engines =
trucks =
squads =
rescues =
EMSunits = see York Region EMS
FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS & BLS
chief = Don McClean
commissioner =

Markham Fire has 200 firefighters on staff is responsible for fire and EMS support of Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport. Two more stations are scheduled to be built in 2009 and 2010. One will be located near Woodbine Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive. The second will be near Ninth Line and Bur Oak Drive. The service began as the Markham Village Fire Department and acquired Union FD in 1964. The Markham Fire Department was created in 1970 and later renamed with the current name.

Markham Fire and Emergency Services provides fire protection to the communities in the Town of Markham:

* Unionville
* Cornell
* Cachet
* Milliken
* Armadale
* Dickson Hill
* Buttonville
* Thornhill

Fire Chiefs

* Myrl Smith 1970-1985
* Ken Beckett 1985-1996
* Tony Mintoff 1996-1999
* Bob Myles 1999 - acting Chief
* Shayne Mintz 1999 - acting Chief
* Jim Sales 1999-2001

tations

*Station 9-1 - 7801 Bayview Avenue
*Station 9-2 - 10 Riviera Drive
*Station 9-4 - 7300 Birchmount Road
*Station 9-5 - 316 Main Street, Unionville
*Station 9-6 - 5567 Fourteenth Avenue
*Station 9-7 - 209 Main Street, Markham
*Station 9-8 - 650 Bur Oak Drive

APPARATUS

APPARATUS DESIGNATIONS - The numbering works like this:

*The first number is the district
*The second number is the station number
*The third number is the apparatus number

*1 - Engine (Pumper)
*2 - Engine (Pumper)
*3 - Telesquirt
*4 - Tanker
*5 - Tanker
*6 - Aerial
*7 - Aerial Platform
*8 - Hazmat
*9 - Rescue
*0 - Utility

"GEORGINA"

STATION 1-4 (Keswick)

*141 - Freightliner Engine
*143 - Spartan Telequirt
*144 - GMC Tanker
*149 - GMC Rescue Unit
*140 - Ford pickup
*1401 Fire Prevention Officer - Dodge Caravan
* Public Education - Chrysler PT Cruiser
* Marine Rescue - Husky Air Boat
* Haz Mat/Emergency Operations Unit - Wells Cargo 24’ Trailer

STATION 1-6 (Sutton)

*161 - Freightliner Engine
*163 - Freightliner Telesquirt
*164 - GMC tanker
*169 - Ford rescue
*160 - Dodge Caravan

STATION 1-8 (Pefferlaw)

*181 - International
*184 - GMC tanker
*189 - GMC

"EAST GWILLIMBURY"

STATION 2-4 (Holland Landing)

*241 - Freightliner Engine
*244 - International Tanker
*246 - Freightliner Aerial
*249 - Freightliner Rescue

STATION 2-6 (Mount Albert)

*261 - Freightliner Engine
*262 - International Engine
*264 - Tanker
*269 - Freightliner Rescue

STATION 2-8 (Queensville)

*281 - Freightliner Engine
*284 - Freightliner Tanker
*289 - Freightliner Rescue

"KING TOWNSHIP"

STATION 3-4 (King City)

*CHIEF 3-1 - Ford F-150
*340
*341
*343
*344
*349

STATION 3-6 (Schomberg)

*360 - Dodge Durango District Chief's Unit
*361 - Spartan/Dependable Rescue Pumper
*362 - 1969 Ford/LaFrance Pumper (Retired-Parade/Training Unit)
*363 - Superior/E-One 55'Aerial
*364 - Ford/Dependable Pumper/Tanker
*365 - Freightliner/Dependable Tanker
*369 - American LaFrance Rescue Pumper
*Command 30 - Ford Command/Rehab. Unit
* 1929 International/Bickle Antique Engine (Retired Parade Unit)(Original Schomberg Unit)
* 1940 Ford Antique Engine (Retired Parade Unit)

STATION 3-8 (Nobelton)

*380
*381
*384
*389

"CENTRAL YORK"

STATION 4-1

*411 - 2006 American Lafrance Eagle Rescue Engine
*412 - 1997 E-One Cyclone II Engine (Reserve)
*1931 Bickle Antique Fire Engine

STATION 4-2

*421 - 1999 Freightliner/Fort Garry Engine
*423 - 1998 Freightliner 55 foot telesquirt (Reserve)
*427 - 2006 American Lafrance Eagle 105 foot Aerial Platform

STATION 4-3
*431 - 2006 American Lafrance Eagle Pumper
*432 - 1987 Mack/Superior Pumper (Reserve)
*438 - 1998 Freightliner Rescue / Hazardous Material Response unit
*1926 International Lorne Pumper - historic unit

STATION 4-4

*441 - 1999 Freightliner/E-One Engine Tanker
*434 - 1989 White/ GMC Superior Pumper / Tanker
*443 - 1987 Ford 55 foot telesquirt (Reserve)

"WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE"

STATION 5-1
*511
*512
*514
*516
*519

STATION 5-2
*521
*522
*524
*525

"VAUGHAN FIRE RESCUE"

STATION 7-1 (Thornhill)
*711
*716

STATION 7-2 (Maple)
*726
*729 (Heavy Rescue)
*720 (Pickup Truck)

STATION 7-3 (Woodbridge)
*731
*732 & 733 (NO LONGER IN SERVICE - VOLUNTEERS DISBANDED Dec 30th, 2007.)
*738 (Staffed as Required)

STATION 7-4 (Kleinburg)
*741 (Volunteer Staffed)
*744 (Volunteer Staffed)
*740 (Utility)

STATION 7-5 (Woodbridge)
*756
*759 (Technical Rescue)

STATION 7-6 (Concord)
*761

STATION 7-7 (Vellore)
*771
*774

STATION 7-8
*786

STATION 7-9
*796
*790 REHAB (Volunteer Staffed)

See also

* York Regional Police
* York Region EMS

External links

* [http://www.markham.ca/Markham/Departments/FireServ/stations.htm Markham Fire]
* [http://www.town.aurora.on.ca/live/firedept.html Aurora Fire]
* [http://www.city.vaughan.on.ca/vaughan/departments/fire_and_rescue/index.cfm Vaughan Fire]
* [http://www.town.richmond-hill.on.ca/department/department.asp?textonly=&divisionid=5 Richmond Hill Fire]
* [http://www.newmarket.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_428_1.html Central York Fire Services]
* [http://www.town.georgina.on.ca/fire/st16.asp Georgina Fire]
* [http://www.eastgwillimbury.ca/municipl/EMSIndex.htm East Gwillimbury Fire]
* [http://www.townofws.com/services/index.php?display=fire_dept Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire Department]

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