Fire Station #21, Ottawa, Ontario - Firehouses on Waymarking.com

Fire Station #21 is part of District 2 within the City of Ottawa. It features 3 deep bays with paramedic vehicles on site.

Ottawa Fire Service (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.

Like most North American fire departments, the Ottawa Fire Service is organized in a paramilitary fashion. The current Chief of the department is John deHooge. Serving Under deHooge are three Deputy Chiefs, four Platoon Chiefs, five Division Chiefs, four Rural Sector Chiefs and twenty District Chiefs. At the station level, each 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.

The current Ottawa Fire Service came into existence in 2001 with the amalgamation of 9 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.

Paid or Volunteer: Paid EMS Involvement: yes Has 911 Dispatch: yes Has Emergency Siren: yes Has Fire Pole: no Number of Firetrucks: 3 Physical Address: 1300 Woodroffe Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2C 3X4 Number of Emergency Staff: 6 Rating: Has Emergency Call Box: Not Listed Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed Related Website: Not listed

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