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.

Mississauga Fire & Emergency Services
Operational area
Country Canada
Province Ontario
CityMississauga
Agency overview
Annual calls30,000+
Staffing700+
Fire chiefDeryn Rizzi
IAFF1212
Facilities and equipment
Battalions3
Stations21
Engines16
Trucks6
Platforms2
Quints1
Squads6
Rescues1
Tenders1
HAZMAT1
Light and air1
Website
Site
MFES responding to a house explosion (2006)

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.

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 101 would be Mississauga's no. 1 station and P101 would be a pumper 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 (P150, S151, A152, etc.). In January 2020, as part of an apparatus redeployment plan, a second Pumper Company was organized and assigned to Station 101. Since the department had not previously run two Pumper Companies out of the same station, a numbering system for duplicate companies had not been utilized. To distinguish the second pumper from P101, it was given the callsign P131.

As of November 2022, MFES currently operates 21 fire stations and the following apparatus:

Station # Neighbourhood Pumper Company or
Squad Company
Aerial Company Car (Chief) units Special or Support Units Address Build year(s)
101 CooksvillePumper 101
Pumper 131
Car 106 (Platoon Chief)
Car 108 (District Chief)
15 Fairview Road West1974
102 LakeviewPumper 102710 3rd Street1978-79
103 ClarksonPumper 103Aerial 1032035 Lushes Avenue1984-85
104 Port CreditPumper 10462 Port Street West1955
105 MaltonSquad 105Aerial 1057101 Goreway Drive1981
106 ApplewoodPumper 106Aerial 1061355 Winding Trail2011-13
107 ErindaleSquad 107Aerial 1071965 Dundas Street West1968-70
108 StreetsvillePumper 108Tanker 1012267 Britannia Road West1979-80
109 BritanniaPumper 109 (quint)1735 Britannia Road East1977
110 CooksvilleSquad 110Aerial 1102316 Hurontario Street1981-82
111 MeadowvaleSquad 111Aerial 1112740 Derry Road West1982-83
112 Erindale StationPumper 1124090 Creditview Road1984
114 HeartlandAerial 114Haz-Mat 101
Special Operations 101
5845 Falbourne Street1990
115 Central Erin MillsPumper 115Aerial 115Car 160 (Mechanical Division)4595 Glen Erin Drive1991
116 West AirportPumper 116Air & Light 1016825 Tomken Road2011-12
117 North DixiePumper 117Car 109 (District Chief)Command Post 1011090 Nuvik Court1999
118 East CreditPumper 118Car 107 (District Chief)1045 Bristol Road West1996
119 Toronto Pearson (Airport)Pumper 1196375 Airport Road2014-15
120 UptownPumper 120
Squad 120
125 Eglinton Avenue West2018-19
121 Meadowvale VillagePumper 121
Squad 121
6745 Mavis Road2001-02
122 Churchill MeadowsPumper 122Rehab 101
Antique unit
3600 Thomas Street2002-03
Garry W.
Morden Centre
(Headquarters/
Training Facility)
LisgarPumper 180
(Training)
Car 101 (Fire Chief)
Car 102 (Deputy Chief)
Car 103 (Deputy Chief)
Car 104 (Deputy Chief)
Car 105 (Deputy Chief)
Car 161 (Mechanical Division)
Car 162 (Mechanical Division)
Car 163 (Mechanical Division)
Car 164 (Mechanical Division)
Car 166 (Mechanical Division)
Car 167 (Mechanical Division)
Car 170 (Mechanical Division)
Car 180 (Training Division)
Car 181 (Training Division)
Car 182 (Training Officer)
Car 183 (Training Officer)
Car 184 (Training Division)
Training Vehicle 01
Training Vehicle 02
7535 Ninth Line2010-12
Fire Prevention
& Life Safety
City CentreCar 121 (Prevention)
Car 122 (Prevention)
Car 123 (Prevention)
Car 124 (Prevention)
Car 125 (Public Education)
Car 126 (Public Education)
Car 127
300 City Centre Drive
Spare
Apparatus
Pumper 150
Pumper 151
Pumper 152
Pumper 153
Pumper 154
Pumper 155
Squad 150
Squad 151
Aerial 150
Aerial 151
Aerial 152
Car 110 (District Chief)Various Locations

Apparatus glossary

  • Pumper - Standard pumper truck. Pumpers are equipped with firefighting gear as well as basic rescue tools and other equipment
  • Squad - Rescue pumper truck. Squads are equipped with firefighting gear as well as a variety of rescue and extrication tools and equipment.
  • Aerial - Rear-mounted aerial ladder or platform quint. Aerials have firefighting tools and specialized gear for certain emergency situations.
  • Car - Vehicle for District Chiefs and Platoon Chiefs and other miscellaneous department officials. Other Car Vehicles are assigned to the Mechanical Division and Training Division and have command gear and other equipment.
  • Air & Light - Air & light support vehicle. This vehicle is equipped with an air refill system for refilling air cylinders and this unit also carries electrical items and other specialized equipment.
  • Tanker - Pumper-tanker / water tender. This vehicle carries water for fighting fires and it also has support equipment for other situations.
  • Haz-Mat - Hazardous Materials Incident Team. This unit carries Haz-Mat (Hazardous Materials) response equipment and helps provide support for first responders who are entering into dangerous environments
  • Tech Rescue - Technical Rescue vehicle. This vehicle is a large box on wheels and carries specialized equipment for all kinds of rescue situations. It carries various power tools and specialized rescue gear for rescues in the categories of Vehicle Rescue and Extrication, Building Collapse, Trench Rescues, etc.
  • Special Operations - Technical Rescue / Haz-Mat support vehicle. This vehicle has equipment for supporting emergency personnel on specialized emergency incidents. This is a support vehicle that responds to all kinds of emergencies for support.
  • Command Post - Incident command truck. This vehicle responds to emergencies to provide communications and control with either police personnel, fire personnel or Emergency Medical Services personnel or all other personnel communicating with dispatchers or members in the police, fire and emergency medical services.
  • Rehab - Firefighter medical support vehicle. This vehicle carries items that help firefighters stay healthy and refreshed during large scale incidents or training events. Items used for this purpose include water, granola bars, tents, etc.

Petro Canada Lubricants

Petro Canada has its own in-house fire equipment (emergency response team) at its lubricants facility in Mississauga. For major fires or other situations, Mississauga Fire would be asked to assist as primary responders.[1]

Notable incidents

Members

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

See also

References

  1. "A new twist on an old initiative". February 2007. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008.

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