Fire Station 81 - Firehouses on Waymarking.com

Fire Station 81 is located on Main Street in the village of Stittsville in behind the Stittsville Library. It is part of district 8 along with Richmond, North Gower and Carp. Districts 6-9 are volunteer-based.

Formerly the Goulbourn Fire Department #1. With amalgamation into the city of Ottawa in 2001, all the outlying fire stations have been revamped.

Roster of Equipment includes:
Pumper 81A, Tanker 81A, Ladder 81, Pumper 81B, Tanker 81B, Service Vehicle 81 as well as Car 80 for the district chief.

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.

Paid or Volunteer: Volunteer EMS Involvement: yes Has 911 Dispatch: yes Has Emergency Siren: yes Number of Firetrucks: 6 Related Website: [Web Link] Physical Address: 1641 Main Street Stittsville Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2S 1A5 Rating: Has Emergency Call Box: Not Listed Has Fire Pole: Not Listed Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed Number of Emergency Staff: Not Listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   02/21/2015 elyob visited it