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List Of Fire Departments
This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting, rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction, which is typically a municipality, county or fire protection district. Fire departments Albania * Fire and Rescue Services of Albania Andorra * Andorran National Fire Brigade Australia *ACT Fire and Rescue *Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service *Fire and Rescue New South Wales *New South Wales Rural Fire Service *Queensland Fire and Emergency Services *South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service *Country Fire Service *Tasmania Fire Service *Fire Rescue Victoria *Country Fire Authority *Department of Fire and Emergency Services Austria * Austrian Fire Brigade Association Bangladesh *Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence Brazil * Firefighters Corps of Paraná State * Military Firefighters Corps Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Sector
The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infrastructure, public transit, public education, along with health care and those working for the government itself, such as elected officials. The public sector might provide services that a non-payer cannot be excluded from (such as street lighting), services which benefit all of society rather than just the individual who uses the service. Public enterprises, or state-owned enterprises, are self-financing commercial enterprises that are under public ownership which provide various private goods and services for sale and usually operate on a commercial basis. Organizations that are not part of the public sector are either part of the private sector or voluntary sector. The private sector is composed of the economic sectors that are intende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania Fire Service
The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for fire suppression and control for the state of Tasmania and its surrounding islands. Established on 1 November 1979 as a result of enacting the ''Fire Service Act'' 1979, the TFS superseded the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigades. See also * Bushfires in Australia * Firefighting * Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council The National Council for Fire & Emergency Services (formerly the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council or ''AFAC''), is the peak body responsible for representing fire, emergency services and land management agencies in th ... References Further reading * (1977) ''Tasmanian Year Book'' Hobart, Tas. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Tasmanian Office. ISSN 0082-2116 pp. 566–567 ''Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting'' - for the old system details * (1982) ''Tasmanian Year Book'' Hoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississauga Fire And Emergency Services
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Fire Services
Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Ottawa, Ontario. Organization Like most North American fire departments, the Ottawa Fire Services is organized in a paramilitary fashion. The current Chief of the department is Kim Ayotte. Serving Under Ayotte are three Deputy Chiefs, four Platoon Chiefs, five Division Chiefs, four Rural Sector Chiefs and twenty District Chiefs. At the station level, each urban 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. For rural paid-on-call stations, each station has a station Captain and four Lieutenants. History The current Ottawa Fire Services came into existence in 2001 with the amalgamation of nine fire departments from Ottawa and the surrounding areas. The nine former departments include the Ottawa Fire Department, Gloucester Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Fire And Rescue Services
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) was founded in 1886 and today serves the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, providing fire, medical first response, rescue and extrication services. In 2017, VFRS responded to 67,000 emergency calls. History The Vancouver Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1886 with one volunteer hose-wagon company assigned to protect the new city which mainly had lumber mills at the time, and within 16 days of its existence, the city of Vancouver burned to the ground. A week after the fire the city purchased its first fire engine from Ontario, the item arrived in August of that year, which made the volunteers confident that they could handle any situation that occurred. A second engine arrived in 1888 along with two new fire halls growing the strength from one company to three companies. J.H. Charlisle was appointed the city's first fire chief who began motorizing fire brigade...the first motorized fire engine was purchased in 1908 from the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughan Fire And Rescue Services
Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Vaughan, Ontario. It operates 10 fire stations and coordinates with other fire departments in York Region and the Greater Toronto Area. VFRS received a 100 per cent satisfaction rating in the City of Vaughan’s 2018 Citizen Survey. History VFRS was established as the "Vaughan Fire Department" in the late 1800s in the Township of Vaughan. At the time, the department covered Markham sections of Thornhill in addition to Vaughan. In 1970, the Markham Fire Department opened and took over all areas of Markham. The use of the title "Fire Department" gave way to "Fire and Rescue" as the firefighters' roles expanded in the 1990s. In 2001, York Region was planning to merge all fire services in the region into one large unit. Resistance from firefighters and others prevented the plan from being implem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Fire Services
Toronto Fire Services (TFS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto Fire Services is currently the largest municipal fire department in Canada. History Fire services in Toronto began in 1874 in the former City of Toronto, and still consisted of volunteer fire companies. Prior to 1874, fire services were composed of poorly trained volunteer companies in the city. The first company was created in 1826 and hook and ladder in 1831. Most were able bodied men who were trained to operate pumps to draw water from the lake. A wooden pumper truck presented to Toronto by British America Assurance Company c.1837 is now found at Black Creek Pioneer Village. The city's poor fire fighting services were highlighted by the Great Toronto Fire in 1849 and again in the Great Fire of Toronto in 1904. After the latter fire, which destroyed much of Bay Street from The Espl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Forces Fire Fighters
Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services provide 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, especially those in air bases. Personnel Military firefighters in the Canadian Forces are non-commissioned members, and are required to undergo basic training. After basic training they will go to the Canadian Forces Fire Academy in Borden. From there members will be posted to a military base. The military firefighters are supplemented by civilian Department of National Defence firefighters on many bases. As of 2011, there were approximately 570 military firefighters and 500 civilians. Military firefighters were deployed as part of Canadian military operations in Afghanistan and the response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Ranks * Fire Chief - Captain/Master Warrant Officer * Deputy Fire Chief - Master Warrant Officer * Chief Fire Inspector - Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Firefighters Corps
In Brazil, the Military Firefighters Corps ( pt, Corpo De Bombeiros Militar) are military public security forces, responsible for civil defense, firefighting and search and rescue inside the federative units. Since 1915, it has been a military reserve force and an auxiliary force of the Brazilian Army, also composing the Single System Of Public Security (). Members of the Military Firefighters Corps, such as the members of the Military Polices, are designated as being part of the military of the Federative Units by the Federal Constitution. Each Federative Unit has its own Military Firefighters Corps with different structures, rules and uniforms. History The first organization of firefighters was created by Emperor Pedro II in 1856. Initially the Corps was not of a military character. It was only in 1880 that the Corps was militarized and it adopted a military hierarchy. Because of cultural and linguistic affinities to France, the Military Firefighter adopted an organisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefighters Corps Of Paraná State
In the State of Paraná, Brazil, the Firefighters Corps ( pt, Corpo de Bombeiros) is part of the structure of the Military Police of State. The mission of the Firefighters Corps is the implementation of activities of Civil Defense, prevention and firefighting, search and rescue, and public assistance under the State of Paraná.Law 6.774, January 8, 1976. The unit is reserve troop and ancillary force of the Brazilian Army, and integrating the system public security and social protection in Brazil. Antecedents The creation of a Firefighters Corps was suggested by Emperor in his visit to Paraná in 1880. The Municipality of Curitiba received from the D. Pedro II the amount of $500,000 for the purchase of a fire pump. However, because the amount be reduced, was acquired a small pump, inappropriate for use. In 1882 was established that the Police Corps should develop training in fire fighting, to attend the capital of the Province. Later, in 1886, the Municipality tried again t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence
The Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence (FSCD) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is an emergency service operating under the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to the people of Bangladesh. The Department also works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness. Organisation The organizational structure of the department consists of operations, maintenance, training, planning, development, administration, and finances. During an emergency, volunteers provide additional assistance to the department. Currently, the department has approximately 48,000 civilian volunteers. Operation Firefighting operations *Fire suppression *Technical rescue *Hazardous materials mitigation *Airport fire and rescue *Seaport fire and rescue Fire prevention *Inspection of buildings *Hazardous materials safety m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
