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The Toronto Fire Services was created in 1998 from the merger of the former fire departments of the original City of Toronto, East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York. It is the largest fire department in Canada [ 4 ] and the 5th largest municipal fire department in North America.
The hall was built in 1878 as part of the transformation of the Toronto Fire Department that saw it move from a volunteer to a professional organization. The station was home to horse drawn hose car. The clock tower, that quickly became a symbol of the neighbourhood, was added in 1899.
Historic Toronto fire stations are primarily in the downtown core and with the former Toronto Fire Department. Fire stations built from the late 19th century and up to 1950s varied in style. Fire halls built from the 1950s to 1980s tended to be utilitarian in design and found in the suburbs (North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke).
Fire insurance map depicting the area damaged by the fire. The fire was first spotted at 8:04 p.m., on April 19, 1904, by a Toronto Police constable on his regular street patrol. [1] The flames were rising from the elevator shaft of the E & S Currie Limited's neck wear factory at 58 Wellington Street West, just west of Bay Street (now TD Bank ...
The Runnymede fire hall, also known as Fire Hall 424, is a fire hall in Runnymede, Toronto, operated by Toronto Fire Services from 1928 to 2014. [1] [2] [3] ...
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In 1998, following amalgamation, Works and Emergency Services Department established the Toronto Emergency Planning Office, which inherited ownership for emergency management planning and administration of the Toronto Emergency Planning Committee [2]. In 2001, a new Emergency Operations Centre was established.
This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting , rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction , which is typically a municipality , county or fire protection district.