Edmonton Fire Rescue Services

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services

Agency overview
Established	1906
Employees	1,284 full-time - including firefighters, dispatchers and other staff
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Ken Block (1 February 2009-)
Facilities and equipment
Stations	30
Engines	33
Trucks	10
Rescues	8 (+ 6 boats)
Tenders	7
Website
http://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/about-fire-rescue-services.aspx

Originally Strathcona Fire Hall No. 1, built in 1909, became Fire Hall No. 6 in the 1912 amalgamation with Edmonton. It has housed the Walterdale Theatre since 1974, and has been an Alberta Historic Site since 14 July 1976. The tower still holds the original bell.
53.5193°N 113.4962°W / 53.5193; -113.4962 (Strathcona No. 1)

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services Headquarters, Administration Offices, & Number 1 Station

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (also Edmonton Fire and Rescue Services) is the fire department for the City of Edmonton, Alberta.

The Edmonton Fire Department began as a volunteer fire corps in 1891 and the first full department was created in 1906.

Operations

Apparatus leaving Number 2 Fire Station (Downtown)

Number 3 Station

New Number 5 Station

Current Number 6 Station

Number Eleven Station

There are 30 stations throughout the city.

#	Name	Address	Pumps	Ladders	Rescue	Special Units	Chief	Coordinates
1	Headquarters	10351 96 Street	1, 1A	1		Public Information Officers (PIO)	Chief of Department, Deputy Chiefs, Platoon Chief, Chief of Special Operations	53.5478°N 113.4835°W / 53.5478; -113.4835 (Station 01)
2	Downtown	10217 107 Street	2		2	Investigator 1, Investigator 2, Investigator K9		53.5436°N 113.5042°W / 53.5436; -113.5042 (Station 02)
3	University	11226 76 Avenue	3		3	Technical Rescue Team Support Unit		53.5126°N 113.5221°W / 53.5126; -113.5221 (Station 03)
4	Jasper Place	10949 156 Street	4		4		District Chief - Car 4	53.5556°N 113.5898°W / 53.5556; -113.5898 (Station 04)
5	Norwood	9020 111 Avenue (formerly 11169 101 Street)	5, 5A				District Chief - Car 1 ||53.5613°N 113.4805°W / 53.5613; -113.4805 (Station 05)
6	Mill Creek	8105 96 Street	6	6				53.5173°N 113.4762°W / 53.5173; -113.4762 (Station 06)
7	Highlands	5025 118 Avenue	7	7		All Terrain Pump 7		53.5700°N 113.4194°W / 53.5700; -113.4194 (Station 07)
8	Hagmann	12503 128 Street	8					53.5812°N 113.5424°W / 53.5812; -113.5424 (Station 08)
9	Roper Station	5604 50 Street	9		9		District Chief - Car 2	53.4937°N 113.4189°W / 53.4937; -113.4189 (Station 09)
10	Lauderdale	12735 101 Street	10	10		Hazmat 1, Hazmat 2, Hazmat 3 - Decontamination unit		53.5855°N 113.4933°W / 53.5855; -113.4933 (Station 10)
11	Capilano	6110 98 Avenue (formerly 6625 101 Avenue)	11			River boom trailer		53.5384°N 113.4288°W / 53.5384; -113.4288 (Station 11)
12	Meadowlark	9020 156 Street	12					53.5238°N 113.5908°W / 53.5238; -113.5908 (Station 12)
13	Rainbow Valley	4035 119 Street	13					53.4779°N 113.5381°W / 53.4779; -113.5381 (Station 13)
14	Londonderry	7312 144 Avenue	14		14			53.6067°N 113.4536°W / 53.6067; -113.4536 (Station 14)
15	Coronet	5120 97 Street	15					53.4890°N 113.4801°W / 53.4890; -113.4801 (Station 15)
16	Mill Woods	2904 66 Street NW	16	16				53.4596°N 113.4351°W / 53.4596; -113.4351 (Station 16)
17	Castle Downs	15505 Castle Downs Road	17			Tanker 17		53.6176°N 113.5168°W / 53.6176; -113.5168 (Station 17)
18	Clareview	13808 Victoria Trail	18			Tanker 18 (Super Tanker)		53.6014°N 113.3870°W / 53.6014; -113.3870 (Station 18)
19	Callingwood	6210 178 Street	19		19			53.4967°N 113.6303°W / 53.4967; -113.6303 (Station 19)
20	Kaskitayo	2303 105 Street NW	20		20			53.4545°N 113.5009°W / 53.4545; -113.5009 (Station 20)
21	Rossdale	9315 101 Street			21	Mobile Command, Foam Truck 21, Tow unit 21, Utility boat, 2 x Jet boat		53.5285°N 113.4932°W / 53.5285; -113.4932 (Station 21)
22	Oliver	10124 123 Street	22	22				53.5422°N 113.5346°W / 53.5422; -113.5346 (Station 22)
23	Morin	10130 178 Street	23	23		All Terrain Pump 23		53.5430°N 113.6280°W / 53.5430; -113.6280 (Station 23)
24	Terwillegar	131 Haddow Close	24	24		All Terrain Pump, Mule 24	District Chief - Car 3	53.4592°N 113.5910°W / 53.4592; -113.5910 (Station 24)
25	Lake District	8403 167 Avenue	25			Service 1, Fan Trailer	District Chief - Car 5	53.6283°N 113.4703°W / 53.6283; -113.4703 (Station 25)
26	Meadows	2803 34 Street NW	26			Tanker 26, Salvage 1, Service truck 2		53.4584°N 113.3931°W / 53.4584; -113.3931 (Station 26)
27	Ellerslie	1203 Ellwood Road SW	27	27		All Terrain Pump 27, Tanker 27		53.4290°N 113.4758°W / 53.4290; -113.4758 (Station 27)
28	Heritage Valley	12110 26 Avenue SW	28			Tanker 28		53.4108°N 113.5385°W / 53.4108; -113.5385 (Station 28)
29	Lewis Farms	9204 213 Street	29			Tanker 29 (Super Tanker)		53.5265°N 113.6880°W / 53.5265; -113.6880 (Station 29)
30	Pilot Sound	15850 50 St NW	30					53.6198°N 113.4178°W / 53.6198; -113.4178 (Station 30)
31	Windmere	3865 Allan Drive SW				Opening 2021		53.4252°N 113.6054°W / 53.4252; -113.6054 (Station 31)
	Fire Services Centre	18603 106A Avenue						53.5517°N 113.6447°W / 53.5517; -113.6447 (Fire Services Centre)

Organization, ranks, shifts and staffing

Fire Chief: Interm Chief is Bradley Hoekstra

Deputy Chief, Operations: Scott MacDonald

Deputy Chief, Training and Logistics - Bradley Hoekstra

Deputy Chief, Fire Technical Services: Bryan Singleton

Deputy Fire Chief, Planning & the Office of Emergency Management: Rob Squire

Deputy Chief, Public Safety: Russell Croome

The City is divided into five districts, each supervised by a District Chief. A Platoon Chief is in

charge of each platoon (shift). Four platoons work two shifts on a rotating basis that averages 42 hours per week.

The shift pattern as of 2016 was: two 10 hour days - two 14 hours nights - two days off; two 10 hour days - two 14 hour nights - six days off.

Each station has a Station Captain who is usually assigned to the Pump in the station, the exception is Station 21 which does not have a pump. Other then Rescue 21, all Ladders, Rescues, Tankers and Haz-Mat rigs are assigned a Fire Captain

Fire Operations	Fire Prevention	Fire Investigations	Emergency Response Communications Centre	Fire Training
Platoon Chief / Chief of Special Operations	Fire Marshal	Chief of Investigations	Chief of Emergency Communications	Chief Training Officer
District Chief	Asst. Fire Marshall			Assistant Chief Training Officer
Station Captain Qualified
Station Captain	Sr. Captain Fire Prevention Qualified	Shift Captain Investigator	Sr. Captain Emergency Communication Specialist	Training Officer
Fire Captain	Captain Fire Prevention	Captain Investigator	Dispatch Training Captain Technician Support Captain Captain Emergency Communication Specialist
Senior Firefighter Qualified	Sr. Fire Prevention Officer Qualified	Investigator	Sr. Emergency Communication Specialist Qualified
Senior Firefighter	Sr. Fire Prevention Officer
Firefighter	Fire Prevention Officer		Emergency Communication Specialist
Probationary Firefighter				Recruit Firefighter

Under the Fire Rescue Master Plan all Pumps (engine companies) are staffed with four firefighters as are Ladders (truck companies) and Rescues (exception of Rescue 21). Tenders/tankers are staffed with a

minimum of 2 firefighters. Stations with a single Pump were to be staffed with five firefighters. Hazmat 1 is staffed with a minimum of five, Hazmat 2 is cross staffed with the crew of Pump 10, Hazmat 3 is cross staffed with the crew of Ladder 10. ATP's are staffed with members assigned to the Ladder in their respective station, if the ATP is called the Ladder goes out of service. Mobile Command 1 is staffed by Rescue 21 and when called Rescue 21 will go to 4 members. The boat is also cross staffed by the crew of Rescue 21

In late August 2019 all Pumps were reduced to four firefighters in order to establish two additional Pump units in the downtown area. Located at stations 1 and 5 and identfied with the "A" suffix, this triggered a reassignment of units at downtown stations (1,2,5,22).

Past Fire Chiefs

Ken Block (1 February 2009- 3 February 2020)

Fleet

EFRS has a total of 127 pieces of equipment.

• 33 Pumps
• 8 Tankers
• 11 Ladders
• 8 rescue trucks
• 6 rescue boats
• 2 dangerous goods response vans
• 1 decontamination trailer
• 1 ventilation unit
• 1 mobile command centre
• 1 salvage truck
• 1 canine van
• Several all-terrain vehicles
• Variety of support vehicles

See also

• Edmonton Police Service

External links

• Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (official site)
• Edmonton Firefighter's