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Fire services in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada, are provided by each municipality. There are 27 fire stations across the region.
Ajax Fire and Emergency Services consists of 100 full-time staff operating from three fire halls. The department has six pumpers, two aerials, a pumper/tanker and rescue truck. The stations are as follows:
Brock Township Fire Department is mainly a part-time operation, with 68 part-time staff and a full-time chief, full-time fire prevention officer operating from three fire halls. Vehicles operated include four pumpers, three rescue vehicles and three tankers. The department operates from the following stations:
Clarington Fire Services consists of 50 full-time staff and approximately 120 part-time staff operating from five fire halls. Equipment consists of seven pumpers, one aerial, one rescue, one brush truck and five tankers. The department operates from the following stations:
Oshawa Fire Services consists of over 190 full-time staff operating from six fire stations. The service operates seven pumpers, two aerials, one rescue and one tanker. There are six fire stations:
Oshawa Fire Services responds to calls at Oshawa Executive Airport.
Pickering Fire Services consists of 101 full-time staff operating from 4 fire halls. The service has five pumper/rescues, an aerial device, three tankers, one heavy rescue, a brush truck, and one support/rehab unit. All stations are full-time halls and are as follows:
Hall # 1 was located at Kingston Road at Rosebank Road in a quantset hut. Old Station 2 on Pickering Beach Road is now in Ajax, Ontario. The old Brougham Fire Hall later became Station 3 and is now an abandoned antiques store on Highway 7 between Old Brock Road and Brougham Road.
Scugog Township Fire Department is mainly a part-time operation, but there are a number of full-time staff. The department operates five pumpers and two rescue units from two fire halls. These stations are:
Uxbridge Fire Department consists of two full-time staff and 40 part-time staff operating from one fire hall. Equipment consists of three pumpers, one tanker and a rescue. The single station is located at 301 Brock Street West. Station 71
Whitby Fire and Emergency Services consists of over 140 full-time staff operating from 5 fire halls. The department has eight pumpers, two elevated platforms, a tanker and rescue truck. The stations are as follows:
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