Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services
- Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services
Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services provides fire and emergency services to Canadian Forces land bases in Canada where local services are not available or sufficient.
Some bases also require airport fire fighting capabilities, especial those in air bases.
Manpower
Firefighters in the Canadian Forces are non-commissioned members, but they are required to under go basic training. For the first four years, the firefighter is based on land then followed by three years as a corporal aboard a naval ship.
There are four platoons assigned to each base.
Rank
* Fire Chief Captain - Chief Warrant Officer
* Deputy Fire - Chief Master Warrant Officer
* Inspector - normally a Sergeant or a Master Corporal
* Senior Firefighter - Sergeant
* Firefighter - Private, Corporal, Master Corporal
Operations
A list of some of the CFBs with fire and EMS services:
* CFS Alert
* CFB Borden - also refer to as Camp Borden
* CFB Gander - formerly RCAF Gander
* CFB Edmonton - formerly RCAF Edmonton
* CFB Esquimalt
* CFS Tofino
* CFB Halifax
* CFB Whitehorse - formerly RCAF Whitehorse
* CFB Shearwater -formerly RCAF Shearwater
* CFB Cold Lake
* CFB Goose Bay
* CFB Comox
* CFB Baden Mann - closed
* CFB Summerside
* CFB Petawawa
* CFS Alert
* CFB Trenton
* CFB Uplands - formerly RCAF Uplands (closed)
* CFB Lahr - closed
* CFB Valcartier
* CFB Ottawa - formerly RCAF Ottawa
* CFB Moose Jaw
* CFB Calgary
* CFB Wainwright
Training
Canadian Forces Fire Academy
Training for CF firefighters takes places at the Canadian Forces Fire Academy (CFFA) at CFB Borden in Borden, Ontario. The CFFA is mandated and internationally accredited in the delivery of Fire Service Curriculum in the areas of Fire Prevention, Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting, Structural Fire Fighting, Fire Investigation, Rescue and Respiratory Protection Programme Administration. [http://www.rockymountainrangers.ca/?p=eductraining Canadian Forces Schools]
Equipment
References
* cite web
url=http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v3/engraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=651&bhcp=1
title=Canadian Forces Recruiting Site
accessdate=2007-11-05
id=recruit
* cite web
url=http://firehouse651.com/index.html
title=Home Of The Canadian Military and DND FR Group Firefighters Online
accessdate=2007-11-06
id=
* cite web
url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/community/mapleleaf/article_e.asp?id=2855
title=Burning desire to help : CFFA graduates confident, professional firefighters
accessdate=2007-11-05
date=2006-06-13
first=Kristina
last=Davis
id=graduate
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