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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 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 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

District 1

Station
# Location Address Apparatus/Callsigns

Little Italy & 135 P11A, P11B, T11,
11
China Town Preston St. WR11, Boat11, C10
635
12 The Glebe O'Connor P12, R12, TR12
St.
Sandy Hill/U 530 King Ottawa Fire Services Pump Tank 53.
13 P13A, P13B, L13
of O Edward St.

District 2