West Nipissing Fire Service

Richard Savage, Fire Chief Tel: (705) 753-1171 Fax: (705) 753-6935 Email: rsavage@wnfs.ca

The Municipality of West Nipissing has nine fire stations and two first response stations.
Station #1 Sturgeon Falls – 225 Holditch Street (Main Station)
Station #2 Crystal Falls – Church Road
Station #3 Tomiko Lake
Station #4 Field – Hwy 575
Station #5 River Valley – St-Joseph Road
Station #6 Verner – Principale Street
Station #7 Lavigne – Hwy 64 South
Station #8 North Monetville – Hwy 64 South
Station #9 Cache Bay – Railway Street

Human Resources:
The Municipality of West Nipissing has one fire chief, six full-time fighters, one part-time firefighter and 131 volunteer firefighters.

Programs and Services
- Public education
- Smoke alarm program
- Older and wiser program
- Great escape program
- Arson prevention program for children
- Sparkey fire safety program
- Chief life line program
- Risk watch program
- Fire safety education material distribution for residents/occupants
- Issuing permits
- Inspections upon complaint / preparing reports and issuing written responses to requests
- Conducting routine inspections
- Dealing with code compliance
- Inter-action with building department
- Training of staff & employees of institutional industrial and commercial establishments

Fire Department Services provided:
- Structural, vehicle, grass, brush, forestry, marine fire fighting
- Awareness and operation level hazardous material
- Vehicle accidents & vehicle extrication
- Transportation incidents involving vehicles, trains, aircraft and watercraft
- Water and ice rescue – shore based, water entry, boat etc.
- Public assistance
- Police assistance
- Public utilities assistance
- Ambulance assistance
- Community emergency plan participation
- Confined space rescue
- Farm / silo rescue
- Industrial rescue
- Fire investigation practices in determining cause & origin

For more information, please feel free to communicate with the Fire Department.