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Fire chief/Fire commissioner In many fire departments in the U.S., the captain is commonly the commander of a company and a lieutenant is the supervisor of the company's firefighters on shift. There is no state or federal rank structure for firefighters and each municipality or volunteer fire department creates and uses their own unique structure.
A battalion chief is the lowest chief officer in a fire department's rank structure, above rank-and-file fire station officers and fire company officers. A battalion chief is in charge of a firefighting battalion, similar to a military battalion. A battalion consists of several fire stations and multiple fire companies. A battalion chief has ...
Current equipment includes aircraft rescue and firefighting apparatus built by E-One and structural fire apparatus with custom Spartan Motors chassis and bodies by Fort Garry Fire Trucks. Additional structural pumpers were purchased through a 2014 contract with E-One. Bodywork for rescue trucks and range (brush) trucks were also supplied by ...
The rank of captain does not always have a direct equivalent in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries outside of Canada. [3] These fire services are more often organized around a "watch". Whereas a company is a group of firefighters who work different shifts on the same apparatus, a watch is a group of firefighters who work the same ...
According to the New Zealand Fire Service Act 1975, a chief fire officer in the New Zealand Fire Service commands a single fire district. This may be a volunteer fire brigade, with a single fire station, in an outer-urban or rural area, or it may consist of several fire stations in a metropolitan area, staffed by career firefighters.
1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) , at CFB Edmonton [ 48 ] 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry , at CFB Edmonton [ 49 ]
Jim Sales worked as a political bureaucrat in the Town of Markham and as general manager with the City of Barrie prior to his appointment as Toronto fire chief in 2012. [13] Sales was fire chief in Markham from 2000 to 2001 and in Edmonton from 1988 to 2000. [14] Matthew Pegg was appointed as interim fire chief in May 2016, following Sales ...
Canadian forces chief warrant officer: Command chief petty officer: Senior appointment Chief petty officer, 1st class: Drum major: Pipe major: Trumpet / Bugle major: Adjudant(e)-chef des Forces canadiennes: Premier(ère) maître de 1 re classe du commandement: Premier(ère) maître de 1 re classe: Tambour-major: Cornemuseur-major: Trompette ...