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The Fire Safety Commission (FSC; French: Commission de la sécurité-incendie) is an independent, quasi-judicial agency in Ontario, Canada. It is one of 13 adjudicative tribunals under the Ministry of the Attorney General that make up Tribunals Ontario. The FSC resolves disputes, conducts case conferences and hearings regarding fire safety. [1 ...
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.
Uxbridge Fire Department consists of two full-time staff and 40 part-time staff operating from one fire hall. Equipment consists of three pumpers, one tanker and a rescue. The single station is located at 301 Brock Street West. Station 71 Whitby Fire and Emergency Services consists of over 140 full-time staff operating from 5 fire halls. The ...
The fire department in Hamilton dates back to 1879, when Alexander Aitchison was appointed Fire Chief of the city. [2] Aitchison was responsible for radically reforming the department, and during his tenure, the department was changed into an entirely paid one, as well as introducing the first swinging harness and sliding pole in Canada.
The Fire Prevention division is sometimes called to scenes of fires which look like arson to the firefighters on scene. Upon arrival, the division looks into it, and if they decide it is suspicious, they are responsible for contacting the Ontario Fire Marshall and York Regional Police to further investigate. [8]
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.
Pages in category "Fire departments in Ontario" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
A few fire services have volunteer units, including the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, where they only get paid their retainer fee, but are not paid for attending incidents [15] The only autonomous volunteer fire service is the Peterborough Volunteer Fire ...