Ottawa Fire Engine Photos
Ottawa Fire Services protects the lives, property and environment of the people who live, work and visit the City of Ottawa.
Service personnel are highly trained to respond to a wide variety of emergency and non-emergency incidents including fires,
rescues and medical and hazardous-material emergencies. They risk their lives so you don't have to risk yours.
The department is also responsible for fire prevention, public education and emergency preparedness programs.
Source: www.ottawa.ca/residents/fire/index_en.html
A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires, by
transporting firefighters to the scene, and providing them with access, water or other equipment. In some areas, the
terms fire engine and fire truck represent different types of fire fighting apparatus, of the many types in use.
A fire engine or pump is designed to pump water mechanically, usually using an engine, to extinguish fires. In some cases,
the fire engine may also be capable of pumping a chemical extinguishant such as foam.
The fire engine may have one or more of several methods of propelling the water to the fire. The traditional method is
to pass water through hoses to the fire, from an array of valves, which may be mounted on a side of the appliance.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_apparatus
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Tanker Truck
This truck is about 30 feet long and holds more than 1,000 gallons of water.
Tanker trucks can get the much needed water from rivers, ponds or even swimming pools if there are no fire hydrants around.
Ladder Truck
A ladder truck can be 40 to 50 feet long.
The ladder on top is about 100 feet long. At the end of the ladder is a bucket
for firefighters to get to the top of a building.
On average aerial ladders can reach six storeys and aerial platforms reach seven stories.
It depends on how close the ladder can get to the building and whether underground parking will restrict the apparatus.
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Ottawa Ontario Fire Engine Photos
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Ottawa Ontario Fire Engines
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Photos: A. Boucher
When Lights And Sirens Approach
What drivers should do.
Remain calm and move your vehicle appropriately.
Don't panic!
Pull to the right and come to a stop.
When on a high-speed road or when there is no
room to stop, slow down as much as possible.
When in the left lane, pull over into the right.
lane as the traffic in the lane to your right moves over.
If you cannot move to the right because of an
obstacle such as a car to your right, simply stop. Your prompt action
will let the driver of the emergency vehicle know what you are doing;
it will allow the driver to anticipate where to drive.
When an emergency vehicle approaches you from
behind while you are stationary at an intersection stop sign or red
light, do not move unless you can pull to the right
When on a one-way street, pulling to the right
is still the best, but sometimes due to traffic, you may pull to the
left curb and yield to the middle lane(s). This is the one appropriate
exception to the "pull to the right" rule.
Source: www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/
fire/safety/lightnsiren.html
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