Edmonton City Centre Airport Fire Department

==History==
Edmonton City Centre Airport, also known as Blatchford Field and Edmonton Municipal Airport during its existence, was an airport located in Edmonton, Alberta. Established as the first licenced airfield in Canada in 1926, the facility was home to the Royal Canadian Air Force's No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 2 Air Observer School during the Second World War. RCAF Edmonton continued to use the airfield until all units were moved to RCAF Namao in 1955. Scheduled airline service resumed after the war. Air traffic dropped after the opening of Edmonton International Airport in Leduc County in 1960, but scheduled airline service remained at ECCA until the 1990s. From 2000 until its final closure in 2013, the airport was used mainly for general aviation, flight training and air ambulance. Runways were converted into a track for the Edmonton Indy CHamp Car race annually from 2005 until 2012.
The fate of the airport was debated for decades and subject to municipal plebiscites. City Council voted to close the airport in 2009 and the last runway shut down in 2013. The property is to be redeveloped into a medium and high-density neighbourhood.
==Apparatus==
*(1361) - 1987 Amertek 2500L RIV C-1 crash tender (500/550/75F/500 lbs. dry chem) (SN#32893) (Ex-Red 1) (Sold to Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre)
*(1360) - 1982 Oshkosh T6 4x4 crash tender (1250/1585/205F) (SN#2545) (Ex-Red 2)
*(1359) - 1978 Walter CB3000 4x4 crash tender (1250/2500/2x200F) (Ex-Red 4)
*(1362) - 1970 International L1700 4x4 / Dyer & Miller Fire Boss crash tender (?/165 light water/1500 lbs dry chem twin agent/Nitroge-propelled DC system) (Rebuilt 1980) (Ex-Red 1)
*1954 FWD crash tender (?/500/70F) (Ex-Royal Canadian Air Force G23) (Purchased 1968, sold 1983) (Ex-Red 4)
*1954 FWD crash tender (?/500/70F) (Ex-Royal Canadian Air Force G23) (Purchased 1967) (Ex-Red 3)
Category:Defunct Airport Fire Departments (Alberta)
Category:Former operators of Amertek apparatus
Category:Former operators of Oshkosh apparatus
Category:Former operators of Walter apparatus