Ottawa Fire Services

Ottawa Fire Services
Agency overview

Protecting the Nation's Capital with pride
Established	2001 (OFS), 1839 (Original)
Employees	1576
Staffing	Career/Paid On-Call
Fire chief	Chief of Department Gerry Pingitore
EMS level	CFR-BLS
Facilities and equipment
Battalions	9
Stations	45
Engines	50
Trucks	17
Rescues	6
Tenders	18

Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) protects the lives, property and environment of the people who live, work and visit the City of Ottawa. Service personnel are highly trained to respond to a wide variety of emergency and non-emergency incidents including fires, rescues and medical and hazardous-material emergencies. The department's headquarters is located on Carling Ave.

Organization

Like most North American fire departments, the Ottawa Fire Services is organized in a paramilitary fashion. The current Chief of the department is Gerry Pingitore. Serving Under Pingitore are three Deputy Chiefs, four Platoon Chiefs, five Division Chiefs, four Rural Sector Chiefs and twenty District Chiefs. At the station level, each urban station has a Captain for each of the four platoons. Each truck in the fleet is under the command of either a Captain or Lieutenant. For rural paid-on-call stations, each station has a station Captain and four Lieutenants.

History

The current Ottawa Fire Services came into existence in 2001 with the amalgamation of nine fire departments from Ottawa and the surrounding areas. The nine former departments include the Ottawa Fire Department, Gloucester Fire Department, Cumberland Fire Department, Kanata Fire Department, Nepean Fire Department, Osgoode Fire Department, Rideau Valley Fire Department, Goulbourn Fire Department and West Carleton Fire Department.

Operations

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. In Canada twelve of the fifteen largest fire departments are using the 24-hour shift rotation.

Equipment

Currently, City of Ottawa firefighters are being issued tan Starfield Lion bunker gear, black leather STC Marshall structural fire boots, and traditional black Cairns 1044 Structural firefighting helmets for firefighters, Red 1044's for Lieutenants and Captains and White 1044s for Chief Officers. In 2015, the department phased out their SCBA's (previously the ISI Viking), and replaced them with the MSA Firehawk M7XT with Rescue Belt II system and Ultra Elite facepiece.

Fire Stations/Apparatus

Ottawa Fire Services Pump Tank 53.

District 1

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
11	Little Italy & China Town	135 Preston St.	P11A, P11B, L11, WR11, Boat11, C10
12	The Glebe	635 OO'Connor St.	P12, R12, TR12
13	Sandy Hill/U of O	530 King Edward St.	P13A, P13B, L13

District 2

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
21	College Ward	1300 Woodroffe Ave.	P21, HM21, HM21A
22	Lincoln Hights	1397 Richmond Rd.	P22, L22, WR22, Boat22
23	Westboro	1443 Carling Rd.	P23, L23, SFTY23, C20
HQ	Westboro	1443 Carling Rd.	C1, C2, C3, C3B, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, INV1
24	Carleton Heights	230 Viewmount Dr.	P24, L24, HM24, IHT24
25	Crestview	60 Knoxdale Rd.	P25, FT25

District 3

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
31	Greenboro	3255 Conroy Rd.	P31, C31
32	Leitrim	3202 Leitrim Rd.	PT32
33	Huntclub	3336 McCarthy	P33, L33
34	Riverside Park	700 Brookfield Rd.	P34
35	Alta Vista	2355 Alta Vista Dr.	P35, L35
36	St. Laurent	900 Industrial Ave.	P36
37	Riverside South	910 Earl Armstrong Rd.	P37, L37, WR37, Boat37

District 4

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
41	Glen Cairn	380 Eagleson Rd.	P41, PT41, S41, C40
42	Beaverbrook	1021 Teton Rd.	P42, L42
43	Bell's Corners	3845 Old Richmond Rd.	PT43, R43, RT43
44	Barrhaven	1075 Greenbank Rd.	P44
45	March	1040 Riddell Dr.	SU45, T45, S45
46	Kanata West	34 Iber Rd.	P46, PT46, CMD46
47	Barrhaven South	3559 Greenbank Rd.	P47, L47, PV47

District 5

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
51	Carson Grove	900 Montreal Rd.	P51, L51, C50
52	Convent Glen	6213 Jeanne D'Arc Bvld.	P52
53	Falling Brook	500 Charlemange Blvd.	P53, PT53, L53, R53, WR53, Boat53, S53
54	Blackburn Hamlet	3080 Innes Rd.	P54, L54, AM54, AM54A, RHB54
55	Pineview	1700 Blair Rd.	P55
56	Overbrook	275 Coventry Rd.	P56
57	Vanier	220 Beechwood Ave.	P57, L57

District 6

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
61	Kinburn	3150 Kinburn Side Rd.	PT61, L61, SV61
62	Fitzroy Harbour	6900 Harbour St.	P62, T62, WR62, Boat62
63	Constance Bay	341 Bayview Dr.	PT63, T63, BT63, ATV63, SM63
64	Carp	475 Donald B. Minor Dr.	P64, R64, T64, C60
66	Dunrobin	3285 Dunrobin Rd.	P66, T66

District 7

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
71	Navan	1246 Colonial Rd.	P71, T71, BT71, ATV71, SM71
72	Cumberland Village	2245 Old Montreal Rd.	P72A, P72B, T72, S72
73	Vars	6090 Rockdale Rd.	PT73, T73, S73, C70

District 8

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
81	Stittsville	1641 Stittsville Main St.	P81A, P81B, T81A, T81B, L81, SV81, C80
82	Richmond	6280 Perth St.	P82, R82, T82
83	North Gower	2352 Roger Stevens Dr.	P83, T83, BT83, BTA83, ATV83
84	Corkery	3449 Old Almonte Rd.	PT84, BT84, S84, ATV84

District 9

Station #	Location	Address	Apparatus/Callsigns
91	Metcalfe	8011 Victoria St.	PT91, L91, S91
92	Osgoode	3110 Nixon Dr.	P92, T92, WR92, Boat92
93	Greely	6891 Parkway Rd.	PT93, R93, BT93, ATV93, SM93
94	Manotick	5669 Main St.	P94, T94A, T94B, S94, C90

Apparatus Glossary

Pumper (P)
Ladder (L)
Rescue (R)
Tanker (T)
Pumper/Tanker (PT)
Hazardous materials (HM)
Technical Rescue (TR)
Squad (S)
Service Vehicle (SV)
Support Unit (SU)
Brush Truck (BT)
Water Rescue (WR)
Air Management (AM)
Rehab Vehicle (RHB)
Brush Tanker (BTA)
Pod Vehicle (PV)
Safety Officer (SFTY)
Officers Car (C)
Fire Investigator (INV)
Foam Truck (FT)
Command Vehicle (CMD)
Initial Hazard Assessment Team (IHT)
All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)
Snowmobile (SM)

Support Offices

Office	Address	Division
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters	1445 Carling Avenue	Head Office
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters	1445 Carling Avenue	Fire Department Administration
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters	1443 Carling Avenue	Equipment Maintenance Division
Ottawa Fire Services Headquarters	1443 Carling Avenue	Safety Officer's Division
Ben Franklin Place	101 Centerpointe Drive	Bureau of Investigations and Prevention
Charles Sim Municipal Garage	2799 Swansea Crescent	Fleet Maintenance Division
Ottawa Fire Services Training Center	900 Industrial Avenue	Training Division
Ottawa Fire Services Communications Center	1423 Randall Ave	Communications and Dispatch Division
Ottawa Fire Services Air Management Center	3080 Innes Road	Air Management and Rehabilitation Division

Notable Incidents

The history of the Ottawa Fire Department includes several notable incidents, including the 1900 Hull–Ottawa fire

References

Ottawa Fire Services

Bibliography

Graham, John W. (1922), History of the Ottawa Fire Department. Vol. III., Ottawa, Ontario: Transactions of the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa, III.

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