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The fire remains the largest fire ever to have occurred in Toronto. A previous great fire on April 7, 1849, in the St. Lawrence Market area, consumed several city blocks when the city was much smaller and many more structures were wooden. Call Box 12, which was used to sound the alarm, is the name for the volunteer canteen truck supporting ...
Toronto Emergency Management coordinates the City of Toronto’s emergency response efforts in collaboration with emergency services such as the Toronto Police Service, Toronto Fire Services, and Toronto Paramedic Services, as well as other city divisions, agencies, and corporations. While routine incidents are managed independently by these ...
The city's poor fire fighting services were highlighted by the Great Toronto Fire in 1849 and again in the Great Fire of Toronto in 1904. After the latter fire, which destroyed much of Bay Street from The Esplanade West to Melinda Street, the Fire Department in Toronto became a critical city service and has evolved into the full-time service ...
1904 – Second Great Fire of Toronto of 1904; 1904 – Yazoo City, Mississippi (USA) fire, 25 May, destroyed entire business district of ca. 125 buildings; US$2,000,000 in damages. [31] 1904 – Ålesund Fire, 850 buildings destroyed, c. 10,000 made homeless; the fire started during a violent storm. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake and fire
Pegg served as Deputy Fire Chief for the town of Ajax, [5] ON from 2002 to 2008 before serving as the City of Brampton's Deputy Fire Chief until 2013. [6] He joined Toronto Fire Services as Deputy Fire Chief and Director of Administrative Services in 2013 before being appointed as interim Fire Chief following the retirement of Jim Sales in May ...
Building Code Violation: No firestop in the cable tray penetration above the fire door in the fire-resistance rated concrete wall. Building Code Violation: Flammable ABS plastic pipes in a supposedly noncombustible pulp and paper mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Fire Code Violation: Delaminated Spray Fireproofing at Cambrian College in ...
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William Lyon Mackenzie operates 12 months a year, providing emergency services within Toronto Harbour and the adjacent waters of Lake Ontario. The boat is mainly docked at 339 Queen's Quay West next to Fire Station #334. It is the main fireboat for Toronto Fire Services as well as an icebreaker for the City of Toronto.