- Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal
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Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal Established 1863 Staffing Career Strength 2,305 uniformed
418 other & support [1]Stations 65 Engines 60[2] Trucks 50 Squads 8 Rescues 1 EMS Level BLS Fire chief Serge Tremblay (Director of Fire Services) Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (SIM) is responsible for fire and rescue operations in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. EMS first-response has been available in limited areas since 1976 and to the entire service area since 2009.
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History
Paid fire services in the city of Montreal date back to 1863.
In 2002, as the result of provincially-mandated municipal mergers, the 23 existing suburban fire services were merged with that of the City of Montreal to form the SIM, which now serves over 1.8 million people.
Chiefs during a fire
List of predecessor departments
- Anjou Fire Department
- Baie d'Urfé Volunteer Fire Department
- Cote Saint Luc Fire Department
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux Fire Department - EMS
- Dorval Fire Department
- Hampstead Fire Department
- LaSalle Fire Department
- Lachine Fire Department
- Montreal East Fire Department
- Montreal North Fire Department
- Montreal West Fire Department - EMS
- Outremont Fire Department - EMS
- Pointe Claire-Beaconsfield-Kirkland Fire Department - EMS
- Roxboro Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Saint-Laurent Fire Department - EMS
- Saint-Leonard Fire Department
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Fire Department
- Sainte-Genevieve Fire Department
- Senneville Fire Department
- Pierrefonds-Ile Bizard Fire Department (Service de la prévention des incendies Pierrefonds-Ile Bizard)
- City of Montreal Fire Department (Service de la prévention des incendies Montreal)
- Town of Mount Royal Fire Department
- Verdun Fire Department
- Westmount Fire Department - EMS
Note: EMS means department responded to calls for emergency medical service
The SIM inherited all the vehicles of the fire departments prior to amalgamation. Most have been replaced by new apparatus in subsequent years.
Fire scene in RosemontOperations
The SIM comprises the following operating divisions[3]:
Centre opérationnel Nord (based at Station 35)- Region 1 - Stations 51, 56, 57, 58, 61
- Region 2 - Stations 52, 53, 54, 55
- Region 3 - Stations 62, 63, 71, 72, 73, 74
- Region 4 - Stations 9, 21, 22, 31, 37, 41
- Region 5 - Stations 17, 18, 35, 42, 43, 49
- Region 6 - Stations 8, 14, 28, 38, 44
A Spartan Gladiator pumperCentre opérationnel Sud (based at Station 76)
- Region 7 - Stations 64, 65, 77, 78
- Region 8 - Stations 3, 15, 23, 33, 66, 67
- Region 9 - Stations 4, 27, 34, 46, 75, 76
- Region 10 - Stations 2, 5, 10, 19, 20, 25
- Region 11 - Stations 16, 26, 29, 30, 47, 50
- Region 12 - Stations 13, 39, 40, 45, 48
There are 65 fire stations across Montreal, staffed by 2700 employees (2300 fire fighters and 400 support staff).
Two stations are in the planning stage, 32 to be built in Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles and 59, to be built in Pierrefonds-Roxboro.
Labor Activities
In early and mid 2008, the fire fighters were fighting for higher wages and opted to re-badge the city's fire trucks with Toronto FD logos and banners as a "pressure tactic". Select trucks had banners with "City of Toronto" added to the front fender. Toronto FD logos (with centre of logo with a Montreal skyline) were added to the doors of fire trucks. Firefighters wore Toronto FD t-shirts at the stations across the city. Neither the city nor Toronto Fire Services approved of their tactics.
References
- ^ "Rapport Des Activités 2009 -Près de vous en tout temps" (in French) (PDF). Direction du Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal. April 2010. pp. 4. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SERVICE_SIM_V2_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/RAPPORT_DES_ACTIVITES_2009.PDF. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "Rapport Des Activités 2009 -Près de vous en tout temps" (in French) (PDF). Direction du Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal. April 2010. pp. 40. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SERVICE_SIM_V2_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/RAPPORT_DES_ACTIVITES_2009.PDF. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "Rapport Des Activités 2009 -Près de vous en tout temps" (in French) (PDF). Direction du Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal. April 2010. pp. 36–37. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SERVICE_SIM_V2_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/RAPPORT_DES_ACTIVITES_2009.PDF. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
External links
- Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (French)
- Structure and Manpower (French)
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