Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services

Mississauga Fire & Emergency Services
Operational area
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Mississauga
Agency overview
Annual calls	25,000+
Staffing	700+
Fire chief	Tim Beckett
IAFF	1212
Facilities and equipment
Battalions	3
Stations	20
Engines	22 (16 pumpers, 6 rescue pumpers)
Trucks	6
Platforms	2
Rescues	1
Tenders	1
HAZMAT	1
Light and air	1
Website
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Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) provides fire fighting service for the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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:

Station	Neighbourhood	Address	Build year(s)	Apparatus
101 (Headquarters)	Fairview	15 Fairview Rd. W (@ Hurontario St.)	1974	P101, S101, A101, AL101, C106, C108
102	Lakeview	710 3rd St. (@ Cawthra Rd.)	1978-1979	P102
103	Clarkson	2035 Lushes Ave. (@ Southdown Rd.)	1984-1985	P103, A103
104	Port Credit	62 Port St. W (@ Mississauga Rd.)	1955	P104
105	Malton	7101 Goreway Dr. (north of Derry Rd. E)	1981	S105, A105
106	Applewood Hills	1355 Winding Trail (@ Dixie Rd.)	2011-2013	S106, A106
107	Erindale	1965 Dundas St. W (east of Erin Mills Pkwy.)	1968-1970	S107, A107
108	Streetsville	2267 Britannia Rd. W (west of Millcreek Dr.)	1979-1980	P108, T101
109	Britannia	1735 Britannia Rd. E (east of Dixie Rd.)	1977	P109, H101
110	Cooksville	2316 Hurontario St. (north of Queensway)	1981-1982	P110, A110
111	Meadowvale	2740 Derry Rd. W (east of Glen Erin Dr.)	1982-1983	S111, A111
112	Erindale Station	4090 Creditview Rd. (north of Burnhamthorpe Rd. W)	1984	P112
114	Heartland	5845 Falbourne St. (north of Matheson Blvd. W)	1990	P114, S114, TR101, SOV101
115	Central Erin Mills	4595 Glen Erin Dr. (south of Eglinton Ave. W)	1991	P115, A115
116	West Malton	6825 Tomken Rd. (south of Derry Rd. E)	2011-2012	P116
117	North Dixie	1090 Nuvik Ct. (northeast of Tomken Rd. / Eglinton Ave.)	1999	P117, CP101, C109
118	East Credit	1045 Bristol Rd. W (west of Terry Fox Way)	1996	P118, CT101, C107
119	Toronto Pearson (Airport)	6375 Airport Rd.	2014-2015	P119
120 (Future Station)		125 Eglinton Ave. W (east of Fairwind Dr.)	2016
121	Meadowvale Village	6745 Mavis Rd. (north of Courtneypark Dr. W)	2001-2002	P121
122	Churchill Meadows	3600 Thomas St. (@ Tenth Line)	2002-2003	P122, RH101
123 (Future Station)	Western Business Park	Burnhamthorpe Rd. / Winston Churchill Blvd.	2017
124 (Future Station)		Dundas St. / Cawthra Rd.
125 (Future Station)	Meadowvale	Tenth Line / Battleford Rd.
126 (Future Station)	Huron Park	Dundas St. / Mavis Rd.
127 (Future Station)	Lorne Park
1?? (Future Station)	Downtown 21
Garry W. Morden Centre (Training Facility)	Lisgar	7535 Ninth Line (south of Hwy 401)	2010-2012	P155, P180, C181, C182, C183, C184

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.^[1]

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 (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

↑ http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca/english/publications/messenger/2007/FebMar2007.asp

External links

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