Operational area | |
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Country | Canada |
Address | 270 Strasburg Road Kitchener, Ontario N2E 3M6 |
Agency overview | |
Employees | 229 (2020) |
Annual budget | $33.4 million (2020) |
Fire chief | Robert Gilmore |
EMS level | ALS and BLS |
Facilities and equipment | |
Stations | 7 |
Engines | 8 (including 2 spares) |
Trucks | 1 |
Platforms | 1 |
Quints | 1 |
Rescues | 1 |
Ambulances | See Region of Waterloo Paramedic Service |
Tenders | 1 |
HAZMAT | 1 |
Website | |
Official website |
The Kitchener Fire Department provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Kitchener, Ontario.[1] The department has seven fire stations and 229 employees.[2]
In 2019, apparatus were re-numbered with a numerical prefix of 1 as part of regional re-organization. For example, Pumper 1 became Pumper 11, Pumper 2 became Pumper 12, and so on.
Station # | Pumper Company | Aerial Company or Tower Company | Miscellaneous or Support Units |
Address | Build year |
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1 (Headquarters) |
Pumper 11 | Aerial 11 | Rescue 11 Haz-Mat 11 Pumper 18 (Spare) Pumper 19 (Spare) Car 123 (Platoon Chief) |
270 Strasburg Road | 1999 |
2 | Pumper 12 | Aerial 12 | 187 Lancaster Street West | 2000 | |
3 | Tower 13 | 1035 Ottawa Street North | 2001 | ||
4 | Pumper 14 | 25 Fairway Road North | 1998 | ||
5 | Pumper 15 | Rescue 15 (Spare) Box 690 (canteen unit) |
1700 Queens Boulevard | 1998 | |
6 | Pumper 16 | 149 Pioneer Drive | 1993 | ||
7 | Pumper 17 | Tanker 17 | 1440 Huron Road | 2008 |