Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services
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| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| City | Mississauga |
| Agency overview | |
| Annual calls | 30,000+ |
| Staffing | 700+ |
| Fire chief | Deryn Rizzi |
| IAFF | 1212 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Battalions | 3 |
| Stations | 21 |
| Engines | 16 |
| Trucks | 6 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Quints | 1 |
| Squads | 6 |
| Rescues | 1 |
| Tenders | 1 |
| HAZMAT | 1 |
| Light and air | 1 |
| Website | |
| Site | |
Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The Fire Service was established in 1968 and formed from local departments (Cooksville, Lakeview, Malton, Meadowvale) that existed prior to the creation of Mississauga, Ontario. The Port Credit Fire Department and Streetsville Fire Departments were added upon the amalgamation of those communities with Mississauga in 1974. MFES was mainly made up of the Toronto Township Volunteer Fire Department, itself created from volunteer units in the 1870s. By 1975, Mississauga's fire service was a full-time service.
Mississauga Fire co-ordinates with Toronto Fire Services, Brampton Fire and Emergency Services, and Peel Regional Paramedic Services for additional help and practicing emergency disaster exercises. In 2017, MFES responded to over 34,000 emergency calls.
Operations
Fire stations and apparatus
Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon underwent a region-wide renumbering of stations and apparatus in the 1990s. Each station is assigned a 3 digit number and each apparatus is given an alpha-numeric callsign corresponding with the station number. The alphabetic prefix identifies the type of apparatus, the first numerical digit identifies the municipality, and the remaining two numerical digits identify the station. The municipality identifiers are '1' for Mississauga, '2' for Brampton, and '3' for Caledon.
For example, Station 101 would be Mississauga's no. 1 station and P101 would be a pumper assigned to it, and so on. Spare apparatus (for Mississauga and Brampton) would be numbered with a 5 as the second numerical digit in the number (P150, S151, A152, etc.). In January 2020, as part of an apparatus redeployment plan, a second Pumper Company was organized and assigned to Station 101. Since the department had not previously run two Pumper Companies out of the same station, a numbering system for duplicate companies had not been utilized. To distinguish the second pumper from P101, it was given the callsign P131.
As of November 2022, MFES currently operates 21 fire stations and the following apparatus:
| Station # | Neighbourhood | Pumper Company or Squad Company |
Aerial Company | Car (Chief) units | Special or Support Units | Address | Build year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Cooksville | Pumper 101 Pumper 131 |
Car 106 (Platoon Chief) Car 108 (District Chief) |
15 Fairview Road West | 1974 | ||
| 102 | Lakeview | Pumper 102 | 710 3rd Street | 1978-79 | |||
| 103 | Clarkson | Pumper 103 | Aerial 103 | 2035 Lushes Avenue | 1984-85 | ||
| 104 | Port Credit | Pumper 104 | 62 Port Street West | 1955 | |||
| 105 | Malton | Squad 105 | Aerial 105 | 7101 Goreway Drive | 1981 | ||
| 106 | Applewood | Pumper 106 | Aerial 106 | 1355 Winding Trail | 2011-13 | ||
| 107 | Erindale | Squad 107 | Aerial 107 | 1965 Dundas Street West | 1968-70 | ||
| 108 | Streetsville | Pumper 108 | Tanker 101 | 2267 Britannia Road West | 1979-80 | ||
| 109 | Britannia | Pumper 109 (quint) | 1735 Britannia Road East | 1977 | |||
| 110 | Cooksville | Squad 110 | Aerial 110 | 2316 Hurontario Street | 1981-82 | ||
| 111 | Meadowvale | Squad 111 | Aerial 111 | 2740 Derry Road West | 1982-83 | ||
| 112 | Erindale Station | Pumper 112 | 4090 Creditview Road | 1984 | |||
| 114 | Heartland | Aerial 114 | Haz-Mat 101 Special Operations 101 |
5845 Falbourne Street | 1990 | ||
| 115 | Central Erin Mills | Pumper 115 | Aerial 115 | Car 160 (Mechanical Division) | 4595 Glen Erin Drive | 1991 | |
| 116 | West Airport | Pumper 116 | Air & Light 101 | 6825 Tomken Road | 2011-12 | ||
| 117 | North Dixie | Pumper 117 | Car 109 (District Chief) | Command Post 101 | 1090 Nuvik Court | 1999 | |
| 118 | East Credit | Pumper 118 | Car 107 (District Chief) | 1045 Bristol Road West | 1996 | ||
| 119 | Toronto Pearson (Airport) | Pumper 119 | 6375 Airport Road | 2014-15 | |||
| 120 | Uptown | Pumper 120 Squad 120 |
125 Eglinton Avenue West | 2018-19 | |||
| 121 | Meadowvale Village | Pumper 121 Squad 121 |
6745 Mavis Road | 2001-02 | |||
| 122 | Churchill Meadows | Pumper 122 | Rehab 101 Antique unit |
3600 Thomas Street | 2002-03 | ||
| Garry W. Morden Centre (Headquarters/ Training Facility) |
Lisgar | Pumper 180 (Training) |
Car 101 (Fire Chief) Car 102 (Deputy Chief) Car 103 (Deputy Chief) Car 104 (Deputy Chief) Car 105 (Deputy Chief) |
Car 161 (Mechanical Division) Car 162 (Mechanical Division) Car 163 (Mechanical Division) Car 164 (Mechanical Division) Car 166 (Mechanical Division) Car 167 (Mechanical Division) Car 170 (Mechanical Division) Car 180 (Training Division) Car 181 (Training Division) Car 182 (Training Officer) Car 183 (Training Officer) Car 184 (Training Division) Training Vehicle 01 Training Vehicle 02 |
7535 Ninth Line | 2010-12 | |
| Fire Prevention & Life Safety |
City Centre | Car 121 (Prevention) Car 122 (Prevention) Car 123 (Prevention) Car 124 (Prevention) Car 125 (Public Education) Car 126 (Public Education) Car 127 |
300 City Centre Drive | ||||
| Spare Apparatus |
Pumper 150 Pumper 151 Pumper 152 Pumper 153 Pumper 154 Pumper 155 Squad 150 Squad 151 |
Aerial 150 Aerial 151 Aerial 152 |
Car 110 (District Chief) | Various Locations |
Apparatus glossary
- Pumper - Standard pumper truck. Pumpers are equipped with firefighting gear as well as basic rescue tools and other equipment
- Squad - Rescue pumper truck. Squads are equipped with firefighting gear as well as a variety of rescue and extrication tools and equipment.
- Aerial - Rear-mounted aerial ladder or platform quint. Aerials have firefighting tools and specialized gear for certain emergency situations.
- Car - Vehicle for District Chiefs and Platoon Chiefs and other miscellaneous department officials. Other Car Vehicles are assigned to the Mechanical Division and Training Division and have command gear and other equipment.
- Air & Light - Air & light support vehicle. This vehicle is equipped with an air refill system for refilling air cylinders and this unit also carries electrical items and other specialized equipment.
- Tanker - Pumper-tanker / water tender. This vehicle carries water for fighting fires and it also has support equipment for other situations.
- Haz-Mat - Hazardous Materials Incident Team. This unit carries Haz-Mat (Hazardous Materials) response equipment and helps provide support for first responders who are entering into dangerous environments
- Tech Rescue - Technical Rescue vehicle. This vehicle is a large box on wheels and carries specialized equipment for all kinds of rescue situations. It carries various power tools and specialized rescue gear for rescues in the categories of Vehicle Rescue and Extrication, Building Collapse, Trench Rescues, etc.
- Special Operations - Technical Rescue / Haz-Mat support vehicle. This vehicle has equipment for supporting emergency personnel on specialized emergency incidents. This is a support vehicle that responds to all kinds of emergencies for support.
- Command Post - Incident command truck. This vehicle responds to emergencies to provide communications and control with either police personnel, fire personnel or Emergency Medical Services personnel or all other personnel communicating with dispatchers or members in the police, fire and emergency medical services.
- Rehab - Firefighter medical support vehicle. This vehicle carries items that help firefighters stay healthy and refreshed during large scale incidents or training events. Items used for this purpose include water, granola bars, tents, etc.
Petro Canada Lubricants
Petro Canada has its own in-house fire equipment (emergency response team) at its lubricants facility in Mississauga. For major fires or other situations, Mississauga Fire would be asked to assist as primary responders.[1]
Notable incidents
- Air Canada Flight 189 disaster (1978)
- Mississauga train derailment (1979)
- Air France Flight 358 runway accident (2005)
- Mississauga Restaurant Bombing (2018)
Members
As of 2006 MFES has 700 firefighters and personnel. The firefighters are represented by Local 1212 of IAFF.
See also
References
- ^ "A new twist on an old initiative". February 2007. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008.