Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services
- Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services was founded in 1868 and today serves the City of Vancouver, British Columbia providing both fire and emergency medical services.
There are 22 fire halls are located in the city:
* Battalion 1 - Strathcona
* Battalion 2 - Downtown Eastside
* Battalion 3 - Mount Pleasant
* Battalion 4 - Fairview
* Battalion 5 - Killarney
* Battalion 6 - West End
* Battalion 7 - West End
* Battalion 8 - Central Business
* Battalion 9 - Grandview-Woodland
* Battalion 10 - University Endownment Lands
* Battalion 12 - Kitsilano
* Battalion 13 - Kensington-Cedar Cottage
* Battalion 14 - Hastings-Sunrise
* Battalion 15 - Renfrew-Collingwood
* Battalion 17 - Victoria-Fraserview
* Battalion 18 - Arbutusridge-Shaughnessy-Kerrisdale
* Battalion 19 - West Point Grey
* Battalion 20 - Kensington-Cedar Cottage
* Battalion 21 - Dunbar-Southlands
* Battalion 22 - Oakridge-Marpole
Apparatus
* Simon-Duplex Engine
* Simon-Duplex Ladder 30m
* GMC Wagon
* Sparatan Ladder 23m
* Freightliner Rescue
* Simon-Duplex LTI Ladder 30m
* International Hazmat Tender
* Ford Hazmat Tender
* Freightliner Rescue
* Pierce-Smeal 32m ladder
* Ford-Superior Rescue
* And-Freightliner Engine
* Spartan 30m ladder
* GMC High Angle
* Ford-Superior F550 Rescue
* Freightliner Rescue
* Hub-MAck Engine
* Simon-Duplex Ladder 32m
* Ford Life Support
* Grummand Command
* Spartan 23m
* Spartan Duplex engine
* Chevy 4X4
* Freightliner Hose Tender
* Freightliner Crane Truck
* International Engine
* Superior Engine
* Freightliner spare rescue
* Premfab Rescue
* International Engine
* Prefab Ladder/Quint
* International Training Reserve
ee also
*E-Comm, 9-1-1 call and dispatch centre for Southwestern BC
References
* [http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/fire/about/apparatus.pdf Equipment]
* [http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/fire/about/organization.html VFRS]
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