Edmonton Fire Rescue Services Explained

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

The Edmonton Fire Department began as a volunteer fire corps in 1891 and the first full department was created in 1906.^[4]

Operations

There are 31 stations throughout the city.^[5]

	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
2	Downtown	10217 107 Street	Pump 2		Rescue 2
3	University	11226 76 Avenue	Pump 3		Rescue 3	Technical Rescue Team Support Unit
4	Jasper Place	10949 156 Street	Pump 4		Rescue 4		District Chief - Car 4
5	Norwood	9020 111 Avenue (formerly 11169 101 Street)	Pump 5, pump 5A				District Chief - Car 1
6	Mill Creek	8105 96 Street	Pump 6	Ladder 6
7	Highlands	5025 118 Avenue	Closed for renovations
8	Hagmann	12503 128 Street	Closed due to demolishment and move
9	Roper Station	5604 50 Street	Pump 9		Rescue 9		District Chief - Car 2
10	Lauderdale	12735 101 Street	Pump 10, Pump 10A		Hazmat 10, Hazmat 2, Hazmat 3
11	Capilano	6110 98 Avenue (formerly 6625 101 Avenue)	Pump 11, Pump 11A			River boom trailer
12	Meadowlark	9020 156 Street	Pump 12
13	Rainbow Valley	4035 119 Street	Pump 13
14	Londonderry	7312 144 Avenue	Pump 14		Rescue 14
15	Coronet	5120 97 Street	Pump 15
16	Mill Woods	2904 66 Street NW	Pump 16	Ladder 16
17	Castle Downs	15505 Castle Downs Road	Pump 17			Ladder 17
18	Clareview	13808 Victoria Trail	Pump 18	Ladder 18		All Terrain Pump 18
19	Callingwood	6210 178 Street	Pump 19		Rescue 19
20	Kaskitayo	2303 105 Street NW	Pump 20		Rescue 20
21	Rossdale	9315 101 Street			Rescue 21	Mobile Command, Foam Truck 21, Tow unit 21, Utility boat, 2 x Jet boat
22	Oliver	10124 123 Street	Pump 22	Ladder 22
23	Morin	10130 178 Street	Pump 23	Ladder 23		All Terrain Pump 23
24	Terwillegar	131 Haddow Close	Pump 24	Ladder 24		All Terrain Pump 24, Mule 24	District Chief - Car 3
25	Lake District	8403 167 Avenue	Pump 25			Investigator 1, Investigator 2, Investigator K9, Service 1, Fan Trailer	District Chief - Car 5
26	Meadows	2803 34 Street NW	Pump 26			Tanker 26, Salvage 1, Service truck 2
27	Ellerslie	1203 Ellwood Road SW	Pump 27	Ladder 27		All Terrain Pump 27, Tanker 27Hazmat 27
28	Heritage Valley	12110 26 Avenue SW	Pump 28			Tanker 28
29	Lewis Farms	9204 213 Street	Pump 29		Rescue 29	Tanker 29 (Super Tanker)
30	Pilot Sound	15850 50 St NW	Pump 30			Tanker 30 (Super Tanker)
31	Windermere	3865 Allan Drive SW	Pump 31	Tanker 31
	Fire Services Centre	18603 106A Avenue

Organization, ranks, shifts and staffing

Acting Fire Chief: David Lazenby

Deputy Chief, Operations: Cory Whitlock

Deputy Chief, Administration - Tiffany Edgecombe

Deputy Chief, Community Safety & Risk: David Lazenby

Assistant Deputy Chief, Operational Readiness: Graeme McAlister

Assistant Deputy Chief, Operational Performance: Neil Robertson

Assistant Deputy Chief, Fire Prevention & Education: Justin Lallemand

Assistant Deputy Chief, Emergency Management and Communications: Rein Tonowski

Assistant Deputy Chief, Professional Development & Procurement: Keith Fredin

Assistant Deputy Chief, Workforce Support: Cheng-Hsin Chang

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.

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Platoon Chief / Chief of Special Operations	Fire Marshal	Chief of Investigations	Chief of Emergency Communications	Chief Training Officer
District Chief	Asst. Fire Marshal			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 CaptainTechnician 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 21In 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

Joe Zatylny (3 February 2020 - 10 May 2024)
Ken Block (1 February 2009 - 3 February 2020)
Randy Wolsey (September 2001 - April 2009)

Fleet

EFRS had 158 assets in its fleet as of 2021.^[6]

• 47 Pumps (including 11 in reserve and one being considered for disposal)
• 8 Tankers
• 13 Ladders
• 13 rescue trucks (including one in reserve)
• 3 rescue boats
• 16 specialty vehicles (including two in reserve)
• 43 light vehicles (including 10 in reserve and one being considered for disposal)
• 15 trailers (including two in reserve)

See also

• Edmonton Police Service

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: KPMG . February 1, 2021 . Review of Edmonton Fire Rescue Services . March 10, 2022 . City of Edmonton . 49.
2. Johnny Wakefield, Shirley Benson: The first ever woman to become and Edmonton firefighter celebrates another historic accomplishment", Edmonton Journal, March 21, 2018
3. CBC Edmonton, City hires Calgary deputy chief to head up Edmonton Fire Rescue Services", CBC, May 12, 2020
4. Web site: Fire Fighting - City of Edmonton Archives . 2023-10-05 . cityarchives.edmonton.ca.
5. http://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/fire_rescue/fire-stations.aspx Edmonton Fire Stations
6. Web site: KPMG . February 1, 2021 . Review of Edmonton Fire Rescue Services . March 10, 2022 . City of Edmonton . 49.