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Country
  
Canada

City
  
Mississauga

Staffing
  
700+

Province
  
Ontario

Annual calls
  
25,000+

Fire chief
  
Tim Beckett

Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services

Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) provides fire fighting service for the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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The Fire Service was established in 1968 and formed from local departments (Port Credit, Cooksville, Lakeview, Malton, Meadowvale) that existed prior to the creation of Mississauga, Ontario. 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 & Emergency Services, and Peel Regional Paramedics for additional help and practicing emergency disaster exercises.

Fire stations and apparatus

Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon all underwent a region wide renumbering of stations and apparatus in the 1990s. Each station would have a 3 digit number and its apparatus would have a letter(s) prefix. The prefix would identify the type of apparatus, the first digit would identify the municipality, and the last 2 digits identify the station. The municipality numbers are:

  • 1 - Mississauga
  • 2 - Brampton
  • 3 - Caledon

    • For example, P122 would be a pumper assigned to Mississauga's no. 22 station, S205 would be a rescue pumper assigned to Brampton's no. 5 station and so on. Spare apparatus (for Mississauga and Brampton) would be numbered with a 5 as the second digit in the number (P152, S255, A150, etc.)

    MFES currently operates 20 fire stations with 7 more on the way:

    Apparatus glossary

  • Pumper (P) - Rescue pumper truck w. standard equipment (P109 and P180 are quints with 55' aerials)
  • Squad (S) - Rescue pumper truck w. additional rescue and extrication equipment (S101, S107, S111, S114 are equipped with additional special equipment for certain incidents)
  • Aerial (A) - Standard rear-mount ladder quint (A101, A106 have attached platforms)
  • Car (C) - Vehicle for District and Platoon Chiefs
  • Air & Light (AL) - Air & light support vehicle
  • Tanker (T) - Pumper-tanker / water tender
  • HazMat (H) - Hazardous Materials Incident Team
  • Trench Rescue (TR) - Trench Rescue vehicle
  • Special Operations (SOV) - Trench Rescue support vehicle
  • Command Post (CP) - Incident command truck
  • Canteen (CT) - Long-term incident refreshment van
  • Rehab (RH) - Firefighter medical support vehicle

    • Petro Canada Lubricants

    Petro Canada has their own in-house fire equipment (emergency response team) at their lubricants facility in Mississauga. For major fires or other situations, Mississauga Fire would be asked to assist as primary responders.

    Notable fires and incidents

    The MFES has a distinguished record and has fought a number of prominent fires and disasters including:

  • 1979 Mississauga train derailment
  • Air Canada Flight 189 disaster (1978)
  • Burnhamthorpe / Ponytrail 3rd alarm townhouse fire (2009)
  • Malton 3rd alarm industrial warehouse fire where 4 firefighters were injured in the line of duty (2014)
  • Dixie / Rathburn (Hickory Dr) house explosion (2016)
  • Bramalea Rd 3rd alarm paper mill fire (2016)

    • Members

    As of 2006 MFES has 700 firefighters and personnel. The firefighters are represented by Local 1212 of IAFF.

    References

    Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services Wikipedia
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