Fredericton Fire Department

History

The Fredericton Fire Department was founded in 1817. The Town of Marysville and Villages of Barkers Point and Nashwaaksis were annexed by the City of Fredericton in 1973, amalgamating the Barkers Point Fire Department, Marysville Fire Department and Nashwaaksis Fire Department with the FFD.

Fire Stations

Station	Address	In Service	Notes
1	441 King Street	1914-1971	Now a dry cleaning business.
2	771 MacLaren Drive	1954-2009	Demolished.
3	965 College Hill Road	1965-1980	Now a City of Fredericton services facility.
5	27 Harrison Court	1973 (amalgamation)-2010	Built 1968 as Town of Marysville Fire Station. Demolished.

Department Profile

The FFD serves a population of 84,000 operating from 4 stations within 2 Districts, namely the South Side District (Stations 1 and 3) and the North Side District (Stations 2 and 4). The FFD responds to most medical emergency callouts in partnership with Ambulance New Brunswick. Operational staffing is 96 full time firefighters including Lieutenants, Captains and Platoon Captains assigned to the Suppression Division, as well as a contingent of holiday relief firefighters who are currently employed year around without layoff or vacation, all operating on a four platoon system. Minimum staffing per shift is 17 personnel, staffing two Quints (4 firefighters each), two Engines (3 firefighters each) and one Rescue (2 firefighters). There is also a Platoon Captain on each shift.

Non-bargaining/Management personnel have increased to a team of 9 including the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, Assistant Deputy Chiefs of Operations, Prevention & Life Safety, Change Initiatives & Performance Management, Public Safety Communications Manager, Safety Services Manager, and a Dispatch Services Manager and Assistant Manager. A tenth position of Professional Development Specialist also closed in March and is yet to be announced.

The Fire Prevention Bureau is led by the Assistant Deputy Chief of Fire Prevention & Life Safety, and staffed by a Captain and 3 other investigators.

Apparatus Roster

• All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.
• Shop numbers in brackets after unit assignment.

Fire Station 1 - 520 York Street

• Engine 1 (3039) - 1994 Spartan Diamond / Metalfab (1050/500/40A/40B)
• Truck 1 (3096) - 2015 Smeal Altair S450 (1250/335/75' rear-mount ladder)
• Rescue 1 (3092) - 2011 Ford F-550 / SVI walk-around
• PC-1 (3015) - 2024 Ford F-150 (On-Duty Platoon Captain)
• PC-2 (3002) - 2019 Ford F-150 (On-Call Platoon Captain)
• Marine Unit (3016) - 2018 Ford F-150
• Marine Unit Boat (3072) - Zumro inflatable / Mercury on (3071) LoadRite SA trailer
• Chief (3017) - 2019 Ford F-150
• Deputy Chief (3003) - 2021 Ford F-150
• Assistant Chief (3004) - 2021 Ford F-150
• Training Division Command (3314) - 2024 Ford F-150
• (3098) - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado Fire Prevention
• (3097) - 2014 Ford Transit Connect Fire Prevention
• (3033) - 2012 Chevrolet Colorado Fire Prevention
• (3005) - 2012 Ford Transit Connect Fire Prevention

Fire Station 2 - 500 Two Nations Crossing

Built 2009

• Tower 1 (3018) - 1992 HME Panther 6x4 / Grumman (1050/175/102' AerialCat rear-mount platform) (Ex-Newton Fire Department (New Jersey))
• Support 1 (3094) - 2014 Ford F-550 / Malley Industries walk-around
• UTV-1 (3063) - 2022 Polaris
• Truck 2 (3082) - 2008 Spartan Sirius MFD / Smeal (1250/420/50A/75' rear-mount ladder)
• Engine 2 (3009) - 2013 Freightliner M2 106 / Rosenbauer (1050/1200) (Ex-Engine 4)
• Special Operations (3079) - 2008 Freightliner M2 106 / PK Welding walk-in
• Regional Hazardous Materials Unit (3064) - Dynamic Truck Bodies trailer (Shared with Oromocto Fire Department)
• Command Post Trailer (3060) - 2001 Pace American Trailer
• Hazmat Trailer (3061) - 2002 Dynamics Hazmat
• Decon Trailer (3062) - 2002 Dynamics Hazmat Decon

Fire Station 3 - 800 Kimble Drive

• Engine 3 (3076) - 2019 Pierce Saber FR6010 / Maxi-Métal MaxiSaber (1250/1000/25F) (SN#32708; INC2016)
• Engine 5 (Reserve) (3080) - 2008 Freightliner M2 106 / Metalfab (1050/1000/50A)
• Engine 6 (Reserve) (3059) - 2001 Freightliner FL 80 / Metalfab (1050/1000) (SN#M01-13231) (Ex-Engine 2)

Fire Station 4 - 27 Royal Road

• Engine 4 (3002) - 2024 Pierce Saber FR6010 / Maxi Métal MaxiSaber Paragon (1250/915/?F/FP2002)

Assignment Unknown

• (3032) - 1991 Spartan / Metalfab pumper (1050/500/15F) (Ex-Engine 6, ex-Engine 3)

On Order

• The City of Fredericton awarded a contract for a new pumper/tanker on a commercial chassis from Metalfab in March 2023.
• The City of Fredericton awarded a contract for a new Freightliner M2 112 4-door / Metalfab pumper (1250/1200/30F/FP2001) in March 2025.

Bid Requests

• The City of Fredericton called tender P23-28 for the supply and delivery of a tandem quint aerial and a rescue fire truck. The aerial is to be quartered at Station 2, the rescue will become Rescue 2. The deadline for submissions was 12 July 2023. As of Nov 14, 2024 the contract has not been assigned a vendor.

Retired Apparatus

• 2015 Mahindra XTV (Ex Event-1) (Used for Fredericton Marathon)
• (3085) - 2006 Dodge Ram 4x4 (Ex-Rescue 2)
• (3084) - 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4
• (3062) - 2002 Sterling / Metalfab pumper/tanker (1050/1200/20A/20B) (Sold to Upper Kingsclear Fire Department)
• (3052) - 2001 Freightliner FL 60 / Metalfab mini-pumper (420/250/42F)
• (3058) - 2000 International 4900 / Metalfab pumper/tanker (1050/1200/15F)
• (3051) - 2000 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal aerial (1750/330/25F/75' rear-mount ladder) (SN#003130; 2217) (Sold to Greenstone Fire Department)
• (3066) - 200? Ford F-250
• 200? GMC Envoy
• (3083) - 200? Chevrolet Colorado investigation unit
• (3034) - 1993 Ford / Allain hazmat
• 1990 Ford F-350 / Metalfab mini-pumper (375/200/50F) (Sold to Hoyt Volunteer Fire Department (New Brunswick))
• 1988 Volvo-White WX42 / Metalfab pumper (1050/500) (Sold at auction 2014)
• 1980 Pemfab 93 / Thibault aerial (1050/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (CET refurb) (SN#T80-162)
• 1980 International CO1950B / King pumper/tanker (840/2000) (SN#800036)
• 1980 Ford C-900 / Metalfab walk-in rescue
• 1979 Spartan / Thibault aerial (1050/-/100' rear-mount ladder)
• 1978 Ford C-900 / Thibault pumper (1050/500)
• 1978 Ford C-900 / Thibault pumper (1050/500)
• 1977 Scot C1FD tandem / Thibault pumper/tanker (840/2000) (SN#T77-160)
• 1975 Scot C2HD / King aerial (-/-/75' Snorkel) (SN#73081) (Decommissioned September, 2012) (Sold to Leslie Caldwell Steeplejack Co. Ltd.)
• 1975 Mack R685T / Thibault pumper (1050/1000) (SN#T75-114)
• 1975 Mack R685T / Thibault pumper (1050/1000) (SN#T75-115)
• 1971 GMC T8500 / King pumper (840/500) (SN#71005)
• 1971 Ford C-800 / King pumper (625/600) (SN#70032) (Ex-Marysville)
• 1968 GMC C-960 / King-Seagrave pumper (625/600) (SN#68056) (Ex-Nashwaaksis)
• 1966 GMC T7500 / King pumper (625/600) (SN#65037)
• 1963 Chevrolet C60 hazmat/stake truck
• 1961 Chevrolet 80 / Trump aerial (-/-/65' mid-mount articulating boom platform)
• 1959 LaFrance 975-PJC pumper (SN#L5721)
• 1958 GMC / LaFrance pumper (500/?) (SN#B-2354)
• 1955 International / LaFrance tanker (SN#B2147)
• 1950 LaFrance 712-PEC pumper (840/?) (SN#9206)
• 1950 LaFrance 775-PJC pumper (840/?) (SN#L-4153)
• GMC Jimmy
• Chevrolet Blazer

Future Plans

• The fire department has proposed a new Station 5 location near Prospect Street and the Hanwell Road in order to improve fire suppression and prevention coverage to the south-western corner of the city. Chief Killingbeck said if work on the new station is approved to begin next year (2025), the goal would be to have staff trained, and the station built and equipped to open at the beginning of 2028.
• Replace Tower 1 in 2024.
• Replace Engine 3 in 2024.

External Links

• Fredericton Fire Department
• Fredericton Firefighters Association (IAFF Local 1053)
• Fredericton Firefighters Museum
• Fredericton Fire Twitter account

Station Map

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