Kitchener, Cambridge to create unified fire communication centre.The report showed response times for medical or fire rescue calls between 20 took longer than the industry standard 43 per cent of the time, and call volume had increased by 14.51 per cent during that same time. in 2008 it opened, station seven, and we're in 2021, so our biggest challenge is that we can't meet our response times especially in the downtown core," Fire Chief Bob Gilmore told CBC K-W's The Morning Edition on Tuesday. The teams also provide fire suppression services. The department's suppression division currently has 183 firefighters divided into four platoons across the department's seven stations.įirefighters in that division are first responders to fire and medical emergencies and hazardous materials calls. The Kitchener Fire Department (KFD) says it needs more firefighters and a new station to better handle the growing number of emergency calls they are receiving as a result of the city's growing population.Ī report that went before Kitchener's Community and Infrastructure Services Committee Monday said the department wants to hire 20 new firefighters over the next four years and open a new fire station in 2026.Ĭouncil approved the motion and the decision will be ratified later this month.
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