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Ottawa Fire Services

Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) protects the lives, property and Ottawa Fire Services
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.

Protecting the Nation's Capital with
Contents pride

Organization Agency overview
History Established 2001 (OFS), 1839
Operations (Original)
Employees 1576
Equipment
Fire Stations/Apparatus Staffing Career/Paid On-
District 1 Call
District 2 Commissioner General Manager
District 3 Anthony DiMonte

District 4 Fire chief Chief of
District 5 Department Kim
District 6 Ayotte
District 7 EMS level CFR
District 8 Facilities and equipment
District 9
Battalions 9
Apparatus Glossary
Stations 45
Support Offices
Engines 50
Notable Incidents
Trucks 17
See also
Rescues 6
References
Tenders 18

Organization

Like most North American fire departments, the Ottawa Fire Services is organized in a paramilitary
fashion. The current Chief of the department is Kim Ayotte. Serving Under Ayotte 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.