page_title: Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service
section_title: Winnipeg Fire Department (WFD)
hierarchical_section_title: Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service / Winnipeg Fire Department (WFD)
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Engine 6, belonging to the Winnipeg Fire Department.
context_page_description: Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service provides Fire and EMS services to the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It operates from 27 Fire stations, 2 stand-alone Ambulance stations, and 3 administration offices across the city. WFPS has two equally important divisions: The Winnipeg Fire Department and Winnipeg Emergency Medical Services, using a centralized dispatch system.
context_section_description: The Winnipeg Fire Department operates under the parent organization of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. A volunteer fire brigade started in 1874 and the Winnipeg Fire Department was created in 1882. It provides fire suppression service, HAZMAT (Hazardous Materials) responses, high angle rescue, trench rescue, vehicle extrication, and surface water rescue, as well as assist the Winnipeg Emergency Medical Services branch with pre-hospital patient care.
  As of 2011, 29 fire engines, 6 rescues, 5 aerial ladders, 3 squads, 4 District Chief units, and 1 Platoon Chief operate on four 48 hour (2 10 hour shifts, 2 14 hour shifts and then 4 days off) platoons; all units are operational and staffed full-time. WFD also has 2 of the heavy rescue units that assist with technical Rescue, trench Rescue, hazmat, auto extraction, water rescue along with specialty design vehicles, as well as 2 jet boats and  several zodiacs for water rescue & water based fire suppression.
  The Winnipeg Fire Department also offers Child Car Seat inspections to the general public. These inspections require the owner of the child seat to have already installed the seat in the vehicle and to bring it to one of the seven stations at which the service is offered. There, firefighters that have special training in making sure child car seats are fitted safely will inspect the car seat to make sure it is safe for use. If any adjustments are required, they will assist the owner in making the adjustments and educate them on how to properly secure the child seat.
caption: WFD Engine6 fire truck
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