Maitland and District Volunteer Fire Department

The community of Maitland, Nova Scotia is served by the Maitland & District Volunteer Fire Department (MDVFD) is station 500 of the East Hants Fire Service.

MDVFD was formed in the 1960s by concerned citizens to replace previous firefighting operations carried out by citizens with little or no training and very limited equipment.

The first Chief was Albert “Ab” Annand, who still lives adjacent to the fire station.The department serves a large, rural area extending from Maitland to Lattie's Brook on Highway 236, and from Urbania to Lower Selma on Highway 215. The district is approximately 200 square km., with 450 dwelling buildings and a population of approximately 1,000.

MDVFD operates and trains most closely with its immediate neighbours departments: Kennetcook, Noel and Shubenacadie. Mutual-aid agreements extend beyond these departments to Rawdon and Lantz in East Hants and to Cobequid in neighbouring Colchester County.

MDVFD is a Level 4 Medical First Response organization, paged for all EHS Nova Scotia emergency responses in the district. The nearest EHS bases are in Kennetcook and Milford.

 Current Command Structure 
 * Chief
 * Deputy Chief
 * Deputy Chief is Department Safety Officer
 * Captains (2)
 * One Captain is Training Officer
 * Medical Officer

 Current Apparatus 
 * Pumper 511 - 1999 Freightliner FL70
 * 1050 IGPM Hale pump, 800 gallons onboard water, 20 gallons Class A foam, 4 SCBA.
 * Tanker 521 - 1998 Freightliner FL80
 * 525 IGPM Hale pump, 1500 gallons onboard water, 1750 gallon portable tank.
 * Rescue 531 - 1997 Ford F350
 * Medical First Response, extrication and wildland apparatus.
 * Amkus hydraulic extrication tools, vehicle stabilization strus, portable pump and wildland-fire equipment, 2 SCBA.