Brampton Fire and Emergency Services provides

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, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the City of

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in the Peel Region of

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, Canada. It operates thirteen fire halls and coordinates with other emergency services in Peel Region and the

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: * Mississauga Fire and Rescue * Toronto Fire Services * Caledon Fire Department * Vaughan Fire Rescue

Operations

Fire Stations and Apparatus

Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon underwent a region-wide renumbering of stations and apparatus in the 1990s. Each station is assigned a 3 digit number and each apparatus is given an alpha-numeric callsign corresponding with the station number. The alphabetic prefix identifies the type of apparatus, the first numerical digit identifies the municipality, and the remaining two numerical digits identify the station. The municipality identifiers are '1' for Mississauga, '2' for Brampton, and '3' for Caledon. For example, Station 201 would be Brampton's no. 1 station and P201 would be a

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assigned to it, and so on. Spare apparatus (for Mississauga and Brampton) would be numbered with a 5 as the second numerical digit in the number (P251, A254, etc.). A list of fire halls and locations and current apparatus as of April 2019:

References

External links

Official web siteBrampton Fire Live Audio Feed
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brampton Fire And Rescue Municipal government of Brampton Fire departments in Ontario

Operations

Fire Stations and Apparatus

See also

References

External links