Edmonton Fire Rescue Services

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

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services

Agency overview
Established	1906
Employees	1,284 full-time - including firefighters, dispatchers and other staff [1]
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Joe Zatylny (1 June 2020-)[2]
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

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

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.[3]

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

Organization, ranks, shifts and staffing

Fire Chief: Joe Zatylny

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 than 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 identified 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)
Randy Wolsey (September 2001 - April 2009)

Fleet

An EFRS ladder truck heading east on Whyte Ave

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

References

1. Johnny Wakefield , Shirley Benson: The first ever woman to become and Edmonton firefighter celebrates another historic accomplishment", Edmonton Journal, March 21, 2018
2. CBC Edmonton, City hires Calgary deputy chief to head up Edmonton Fire Rescue Services", CBC, May 12, 2020
3. Edmonton Fire Stations

External links

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