For general HRFE inquiries, please call 490-5530.
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency is currently recruiting volunteer firefighters for the communities of:
Black Point
Chezzetcook
Cooks Brook
Dutch Settlement
Fall River
Goffs
Lake Echo
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Lawrencetown
Meaghers Grant
Middle Musquodoboit
Moser River
Mushaboom
Musquodoboit
Harbour
Ostrea Lake
Oyster Pond |
Sheet Harbour
Tangier/Mooseland
Three Harbours/Port Dufferin
Upper Musquodoboit
Waverley
Wellington/Grand Lake |
For more information on volunteer recruitment, please call 490-5611.
Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment
(Fall River, Wellington/Grand Lake, Waverley, Goffs)
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
10:00am – 2:00pm
Fall River Plaza
Shoppers Drug Mart Parking Lot
Inquiries 490-5611
2nd Annual Firefighter Memorial Service - June 2, 2013
Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency extends an invitation to you and the members of your department to join us and representatives from Atlantic Canada’s Fire Departments at our second annual Firefighter Memorial Service. Following are the details:
Date: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Location: St. Agnes Church, corner of Mumford Road and Chebucto Road, Halifax, NS.
http://g.co/maps/7kjby
Time: Muster 12:30 p.m. at Saunders Park (Stanley Park)
Corner of Connaught Avenue and Chebucto Road http://g.co/maps/5Kyfb.
In the event of inclement weather muster will be in the church auditorium.
Parade 1:30 p.m. to the Church
Service 2:00 p.m.
Please note that a collection will be taken with all donations going to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
There will be a reception in the Church hall following the service.
Dress uniforms, including medals, are to be worn by all uniformed personnel. Personnel not having a dress uniform are to wear fatigues with tie and hat.
RSVP to Zita Chouinard at chouinz@halifax.ca or 902-490-5598. If there will be a group representing your station please advise the number of individuals who will be in attendance.
Firefighters Playing Hockey for Charity |
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Firefighter Blaise Mattie of Engine 14 shows the appropriate submission to his conquering brother, Trevor Mattie, a firefighter with the Department of National Defence. Trevor was captain of the DND team which won the Ray Kline trophy at the annual Ray Kline benefit hockey tournament recently. The annual event, made up of firefighter teams, raises money for charity. Ray Kline was a Halifax firefighter who died of cancer years ago. We’ll have more coverage of this event soon.
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Funeral for Fallen Firefighter in Kennetcook
A member of the Kennetcook Volunteer Fire Department, Martin Walsh, collapsed at the wheel of a fire truck while responding to a structure fire April 11th. His fellow firefighters worked feverishly for almost an hour to revive him, but he died at the scene. Walsh, who was 66, was a former chief of the department, and also a former chief of the old Beaver Bank Volunteer Fire Department. Above, members of our Union Pipes and Drums and of our Honour Guard lead a procession of more than 200 firefighters from around the Maritimes to the local high school for Walsh’s funeral April 20th. Kennetcook is on Highway 236 in Central Nova Scotia. Look for more coverage on this event soon.
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Spectacular Crash on Peggys Cove Road |
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Reports of a head-on collision with multiple injuries and entrapment sent our members, EHS and RCMP rushing to the Peggys Cove Road near Peggys Cove Sunday, April 7th. Firefighters from Station 55 (Seabright) arrived to find a virtual debris field from the smashed cars. But they were also in for a surprise. Read more here. . .
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Halifax Explosion Memorial - Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Each December 6th, our department participates in the annual service in memory of the victims of the Halifax Explosion which occurred on Dec. 6th, 1917, followed by our own memorial for firefighters who have given their lives over the years serving and protecting our community. The Halifax Explosion memorial is held at Fort Needham Park, and the Fallen Firefighters Memorial at nearby Station 4 on Lady Hammond Road an hour later. In the photo, Fire Chief Doug Trussler lays a wreath at the Halifax Explosion Memorial as Deputy Chief (Operational Support) Roy Hollett watches. To see more photos and information on these two important events, go here.
Sackville Structure Fire
Our members made fast work of a working structure fire in a home on Sackville Drive in Middle Sackville in July. Members arrived to find heavy fire on the 2nd floor, but a fast interior attack quickly knocked down the bulk of the blaze. Quint 12 driver/operator Jamie O’Donnell checks the exterior of the home. He was involved in interior overhaul on the main floor. Read and see more of this fire here. |
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The Last of Our Yellow Fire Trucks
Yellow fire trucks were once a rage across North America and a number of them served in departments that now make up Halifax Regional Municipality. Most fire departments have now switched back to traditional red and very few new trucks are painted yellow. In our department, the last of our yellow trucks, such as the engine in Lawrencetown in this photo, went out of service toward the end of 2012. Would you like to know more about the history of yellow fire trucks? click here. |
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In honor of this occasion, Chief Chris Conrad of Station 20 in Lawrencetown created a cake to commemorate the bygone era of the yellow fire truck. |
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Chief Conrad with his work of art. |
New Home for an Old Hydrant
Several Blocks in South End Closed by Natural Gas Leak
A natural gas line near Dalhousie University in south end Halifax was punctured in August when it was struck by a backhoe. Police shut down several blocks as our members and Heritage Gas employees got the situation under control. Above, Gussie Prowse (left) and Steve Bussey of Engine 2 watch from the street as Heritage Gas workers in the distance work on the leak. Two other Heritage employees near the street are taking readings. More about this incident here. |
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Dartmouth Fire Destroys One Home, Damages Two Others
 RAPIDLY SREADING FIRE - In this photo taken by a civilian, neighbours watch in horror as a raging house fire on Lindenwood Terrace in Dartmouth spreads to two more homes. In the centre, the deck gun of Engine 15 is used to hit flames in the home where the fire started. At left, Firefighter Derek McCarthy of Engine 15 (obscured by a tree) uses a 1 3/4 inch line to attack the fire that has spread to the house on the left. At right, unseen in the smoke, Firefighter Santiago Salgueiro is using another 1 3/4 line on the house on the right which is already heavily involved in fire. Engine 14, also unseen in the smoke, has just arrived and is setting up more lines. Multiple fire units were en route at this point. The fire occurred in July. See more information and pictures from this fire here....
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The Outhouse Call |
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Firefighter Tim Hatcher of Station 63 (Harrietsfield & Sambro) treads carefully as he washes down the remains of the men’s bathroom at Crystal Crescent Beach. Multiple stations were initially paged for a reported structure fire which turned out to be a porta-potty. More on this fire here. |
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National Fallen Firefighters Monument Dedicated in Ottawa |
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Members of both our Honour Guard and Union Club Pipes and Drums, as well as other members, joined firefighters from across Canada a t the annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Ottawa. The event, held in September, saw Governor General David Johnston dedicate Canada’s first national monument honouring firefighters who have died in the line of duty. Above, the monument includes a 15-foot bronze statue of a firefighter pointing to a Wall of Honour on which the names of fallen firefighters are inscribed. The wall is partially visible in the background beyond the crowd. See more photos and more information about your department’s involvement in this important event by clicking here. |
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Use of this logo without official permission is prohibited.
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