Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services

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Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services provides fire and emergency services to Canadian Forces land bases in Canada where local services are not available or sufficient.

Some bases also require airport fire fighting capabilities, especial those in air bases.

1 Manpower
- 1.1 Rank
2 Operations
3 Equipment
4 References

[edit] Manpower

Firefighters in the Canadian Forces are non-commissioned members, but they are required to under go basic training. For the first four years, the firefighter is based on land then followed by three years as a corporal aboard a naval ship.

There are four platoons assigned to each base.

[edit] Rank

Fire Chief Captain or Chief Warrant Officer
Deputy Fire Chief Master Warrant Officer
Inspector normally a Sergeant or a Master Corporal
Senior Firefighter a Sergeant
Firefighter Private, Corporal, Master Corporal

[edit] Operations

A list of some of the CFBs with fire and EMS services:

CFS Alert
CFB Borden - also refer to as Camp Borden
CFB Gander - formerly RCAF Gander
CFB Edmonton - formerly RCAF Edmonton
CFB Esquimalt
CFS Tofino
CFB Halifax
CFB Whitehorse - formerly RCAF Whitehorse
CFB Shearwater -formerly RCAF Shearwater
CFB Cold Lake
CFB Goose Bay
CFB Comox
CFB Baden Mann - closed
CFB Summerside
CFB Petawawa
CFS Alert
CFB Trenton
CFB Uplands - formerly RCAF Uplands (closed)
CFB Lahr - closed
CFB Valcartier
CFB Ottawa - formerly RCAF Ottawa
CFB Moose Jaw
CFB Calgary
CFB Wainwright

Training for CF firefighters takes places at the Canadian Forces Fire Academy at CFB Borden.

[edit] Equipment

Model/Type	Period or Years in Use	Origins
E-One Cyclone	Rescue Pumper	United States
Spartan Advantage FF	pumper	United States
1970s Spartan	Pumper	United States
Spartan Gladiator	aerial	United States
Thibault C-700	Pumper	Canada
International Harvester Cargostar	pumper	United States
Western Star	Range truck	United States
Ford-Marmon-Herrington T9E1	half-track	United States
E-One Bronto	aerial truck	United States
E-One Titan ARFF	airport tender	United States
Alvis Pyrene	crash tender
Sterling Acterra	command unit	Canada
Alvis Pyrene	foam unit
Oshkosh 6000	airport tender	United States
P-4 Oshkosh Otis	crash truck	United States
Bickle Seagrave		United States
Willys Jeep	Chief Car
Marville 1967	pumper
Dodge 57-51	Pumper	United States
1942 Cheverolet	pumper	United States
International R-196	Tank Truck	United States
Mack Truck or American LaFrance 6 tonne 6x6	foam truck	United States
International G-13 LRV		United States
American LaFrance	pumper	United States
Baden Unimog
Oshkosh MB5		United States
Oshkosk T-1000 Deployable		United States
GMC Pumper 1937		United States
Tracked Pumper 1940		United States
1938 and 1940 Ford G-15 Crash		United States
International G10 Pumper		United States
Ford G15		United States
Ford F-series	Hazmat	Canada
Walter 4500	airport tender
Waltek 6000	airport tender
Ford G17		United States
	Army Range Truck
Ford G-13 LRV		United States
	E-62 Flusher
Ford C/Thibault 750
American LaFrance Series 1000	aerials
International KB57/FMC
1970 International/Van Pelt
GMC M135	Range Truck
Ford WOT6
FWD P-2 8X8
Thornycroft Nubian	Tender
Hahn 1500	pumper
Ford/E-One 1000/500	pumper
Pirsch 750/300