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After the creation of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in 1996, all fire services within Halifax County came under one department, Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE).  
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Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE) is the department providing firefighting and other emergency services to Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).
  
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The HRFE consists of six divisions:  
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HRFE consists of 5 districts and 51 stations; district 2 (stations 2-8 & 58) and 3 (stations 9-18 & 45) represent the urban or "core" stations staffed 24/7 by career firefighters and covers the Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Sackville areas, while district 1 (stations 50-65), 4 (stations  35-48) and 5 (stations 19-34) represent the rural stations which are primarily volunteer-run, with some stations providing daytime, Monday-Friday 7am-5:30pm career coverage.
  
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=== Divison 1 Stations ===
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For a complete list of stations, including assigned apparatus, please visit the following web page: https://fire.fandom.com/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Fire_and_Emergency_Service
  
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[http://local.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213109701331046767018.000434a1eef7ceda701b9&t=h&z=10 Click here] for a Google Map of all HRFE stations
 
  
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'''Fire Station 50 - 2050 Hammonds Plains Rd, Hammonds Plains'''
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=Communications=
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HRFE is dispatched from the municipality's Integrated Emergency Services dispatching centre, which also dispatches Halifax Regional Police. A computer aided dispatch (CAD) system allows the dispatchers to quickly determine the correct stations and appratus to page out for a call.
  
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Engine 50 (95-246E) - 1995 Superior Cyclone (1500/1000)<BR>
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The initial dispatch is transmitted on a network of VHF transmitters using Motorola two-tone sequential paging, while actual communication between dispatch and responding units happens on the [[Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN)|TMR]] trunked radio system. In addition, mobile data terminals are in the process of being installed in apparatus, allowing responding units to acknowledge calls and send status messages to dispatch, such as informing dispatch that they are on scene, without using the radio; at this point all core apparatus appear to be completed. For rural stations, HRFE makes use of the "I Am Responding" app, allowing volunteers to indicate to dispatch via the app on their smartphones that they are en route to the station, allowing incident commanders to have a better idea of how many resources are soon en route.
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Tanker 50 (02-306T) - 2002 American LaFrance / Freightliner FL-112 (1750/1800)<BR>
 
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Rescue 50 (04-346R) - 2004 Ford F-350<BR>
 
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Utility 50 (03-312U) - 2003 GMC 2500<BR>
 
  
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'''Fire Station 51 - 948 Pockwock Rd, Upper Hammonds Plains'''
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==TMR Operations==
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Actual on-scene operations are assigned one of 8 ops talkgroups (numbered ops 2-9) on the TMR. For calls within the core region, the ops talkgroup is assigned when the call is paged out, and responding units are expected to switch to the assigned ops talkgroup at that time, where as for calls in the rural region the ops talkgroup is not given until the first unit has arrived on scene and assumed command; this is because the main dispatch talkgroup is simulcast over the VHF paging transmitters, so that any volunteers still responding to their stations can monitor the initial response on their voice pagers.
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Tanker 51 (07-421T) - 2007 Carl Thibault / Sterling L8500 (1050/1400)<BR>
 
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Rescue 51 (93-233U) - 1993 Tristar / Ford E-350
 
  
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'''Fire Station 52 - 2101 Prospect Rd, Hatchet Lake'''
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Of the 8 ops talkgroups, at least one of them (ops 7) is known to be connected to a vehicle repeater system operating in the 800 MHz band for use in large buildings which may impede radio communications; all core engines and quints, as well as command vehicles, are believed to have the vehicle repeater system installed, and portable radios when switched to ops 7 would communicate with the vehicle repeater on the appropriate frequency, which would then relay the transmission to the TMR network via the nearest TMR tower. 
  
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Engine 52 (99-268E) - 1999 Superior / Freightliner FL-80 (1050/900)<BR>
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==Interoperability and Mutual Aid==
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Tanker 52 (06-374T) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (840/2500)<BR>
 
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Utility 52 (97-257R) - 1997 Metalfab / Freightliner FL-80
 
  
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'''Fire Station 53 - 80 Sandy Cove Rd, Terence Bay'''
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In addition to the 8 HRFE ops talkgroups, HRFE radios are programmed with a selection of the provincial fire ops talkgroups which can be used for mutual aid responses involving non-HRM fire departments; it is known that HRFE radios have access to the provincial fire ops 39 and 40, which are used by non-HRFE stations in neighbouring Hants county, therefore it is likely that HRFE radios would also have provincial ops talkgroups for other neighbouring counties such as Lunenburg and Guysborough. If however a call in a neighbouring county has already been established on a provincial ops talkgroup that HRFE radios do not have access to, HRFE dispatchers can always patch any of the 56 provincial ops talkgroups to any of the 8 HRFE ops talkgroups.
  
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Rescue 53 (02-280U) - 2002 GMC 1500
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Other interoperability talkgroups includes the eight provincial Mutual Aid talkgroups which are programmed into all TMR radios, the Emergency Health Services (EHS) AMT Air talkgroup used for communicating with the EHS LifeFlight medevac helicopters (mostly used when the fire department is called upon to set up a landing zone for the helicopter), as well as a dedicated talkgroup for mutual aid with airport fire crews at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
  
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'''Fire Station 54 - 3610 Prospect Rd, Shad Bay'''
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In addition, all HRFE radios have access to the provincial 800 MHz interoperability simplex channels, as well as HRM-specific simplex channels, however it would be extremely unusual to hear anything other than training on those channels, as dispatch would not be able to monitor the situation.
  
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Engine 54 (12-543E) - 2012 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/750)<BR>
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==Stations==
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Tanker 54 (07-436T) - 2007 Carl Thibault / Sterling L8500 (1050/1400)
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HRFE uses station numbers to identify apparatus. Each station (Excluding station 1) are assignd to one of the 5 Districts. Station 1 is used to identify Headquarters, which does not house any fire apparatus, and only houses the main administrative offices for the fire department. Note that on the table below, "E Platoon Composite" indicates there are career members there from Monday-Friday 7am-5:30pm.
  
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'''Fire Station 55 - 11229 Peggys Cove Rd, Seabright'''
 
  
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Engine 55 (97-108E) - 1997 Superior Cyclone (1500/500)<BR>
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{| class="wikitable"
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Tanker 55 (06-378T) - 2006 Carl Thibault / Sterling L8500 (1750/1500)<BR>
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! Station||Name||Location||District||Staffing
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Rescue 55 (03-329R) - 2003 Tristar / Ford E-550<BR>
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Utility 55 (12-539U) - 2012 Ford F-350
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| 1||Headquarters||Alderney Dr, Dartmouth||N/A||N/A
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| 2||University Ave||University Ave, Halifax (South End)||2||24/7 Career
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| 3||West St||West St, Halifax (Central)||2||24/7 Career
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| 4||Lady Hammond||Lady Hammond Rd, Halifax (North End)||2||24/7 Composite
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| 5||Bayers Rd||Bayers Rd, Halifax (West End)||2||24/7 Career
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| 6||Spryfield||Herring Cove Rd, Halifax||2||24/7 Career
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| 7||Knightsridge Dr||Knightsridge Dr, Halifax||2||24/7 Career
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| 8||Bedford||Convoy Run, Bedford||2||24/7 Composite
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| 9||Metropolitan||Metropolitan Ave, Lower Sackville||3||24/7 Composite
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| 10||Millwood||Sackville Dr, Middle Sackville||3||24/7 Composite
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| 11||Patton Rd||Patton Rd, Upper Sackville||3||24/7 Career
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| 12||Highfield Park||Highfield Park Dr, Dartmouth||3||24/7 Career
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| 13||King St||King St, Dartmouth (Downtown)||3||24/7 Composite
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| 14||Walker/Second||Second St, Dartmouth||3||24/7 Career
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| 15||Woodside||Pleasant St, Dartmouth||3||24/7 Career
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| 16||Eastern Passage/Cow Bay||Caldwell Rd, Eastern Passage||3||24/7 Composite
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| 17||Cole Harbour||Cole Harbour Rd, Cole Harbour||3||24/7 Composite
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| 18||Westphal||Highway 7, Westphal||3||24/7 Composite
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| 19||Lawrencetown Beach||Crowell Rd, East Lawrencetown||5||Volunteer
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| 20||Lawrenctown||Lawrencetown Rd, Lawrencetown||5|| Volunteer
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| 21||Lake Echo||Highway 7, Lake Echo||5||Volunteer
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| 22||North Preston||Cain St, North Preston||5||Volunteer
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| 23||Chezzetcook||Highway 7, Head of Chezzetcook||5||E Platoon Composite
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| 24||Musquodoboit Harbour||Riverside Ave, Musquodoboit Harbour||5||E Platoon Composite
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| 25||Ostrea Lake - Pleasant Point||Ostrea Lake Rd, Ostrea Lake||5||Volunteer
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| 26||Oyster Pond||Old Trunk Rd, Oyster Pond||5||Volunteer
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| 28||Sheet Harbour||Highway 7, Sheet Harbour||5||24/7 Composite
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| 29||Moser River||Highway 7, Moser River||5||Volunteer
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| 30||Tangier||Highway 7, Tangier||5||Volunteer
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| 31||East Ship Harbour||Highway 7, East Ship Harbour||5||Volunteer
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| 33||Three Harbours||Highway 7, West Quoddy||5||Volunteer
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| 34||Mushaboom||Powers Rd, Mushaboom||5||Volunteer
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| 35||Cooks Brook||Corbett Rd, Cooks Brook||4||Volunteeer
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| 36||Meaghers Grant||Highway 357, Meaghers Grant||4||Volunteer
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| 38||Middle Musquodoboit||Glenmore Rd, Middle Musquodoboit||4||E Platoon Composite
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| 39||Upper Musquodoboit||Highway 336, Upper Musquodoboit||4||Volunteer
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| 40||Dutch Settlement||Logan Rd, Dutch Settlement||4||Volunteer
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| 41||Waverley||Highway 2, Waverley||4||Volunteer
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| 42||Wellington - Fletchers Lake||Highway 2, Wellington||4||Volunteer
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| 43||Grand Lake - Oakfield||Lakeside Dr, Grand Lake||4||Volunteer
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| 45||LWF (Lakeside/Windsor Junction/Fall River||Fall River Rd, Fall River||3||24/7 Composite
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| 47||Goffs||Old Guysborough Rd, Goffs||4||Volunteer
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| 48||Beaver Bank - Kinsac||Beaver Bank Rd, Beaver Bank||4||Volunteer
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| 50||Hammonds Plains||Hammonds Plains Rd, Hammonds Plains||1||E Platoon Composite
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| 52||Prospect||Prospect Rd, Hatchet Lake||1||Volunteer
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| 54||Shad Bay||Prospect Rd, Shad Bay||1||E Platoon Composite
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| 55||Seabright||Peggys Cove Rd, Seabright||1||Volunteer
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| 56||Black Point||St Margarets Bay Rd, Black Point||1||E Platoon Composite
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| 58||BLT (Beechville/Lakeside/Timberlea||Myra Rd, Timberlea||2||24/7 Composite
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| 60||Herring Cove||Latter Pond Lane, Herring Cove||1||E Platoon Composite
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| 62||Williamswood||Old Sambro Rd, Williamswood||1||E Platoon Composite
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| 65||Tantallon||Scholars Rd, Upper Tantallon||1||E Platoon Composite
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'''Fire Station 56 - 8579 St Margarets Bay Rd, Black Point'''
 
  
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Engine 56 (10-505E) - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT (1250/750)<BR>
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==Paging==
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Tanker 56 (04-338T) - 2004 Superior / Sterling L8500 (840/1400)<BR>
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HRFE operates a network of VHF paging transmitters located at 16 physical sites, as well as a backup network in the case of loss of connectivity to one of those sites.
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Rescue 56 (12-540R) - 2012 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350<BR>
 
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Ranger 56 (01-281U) - 2001 Polaris Ranger 6x6<BR>
 
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Rescue Boat (95-471B) - 1995 Zodiac
 
  
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'''Fire Station 60 - 40 Latter Pond Lane, Herring Cove'''
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A list of paging sites, their frequencies, and area of coverage is below. Note that the East Preston site has both a core and rural transmitter, however they are separate.
  
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Engine 60 (94-242E) - 1994 Superior / Spartan Diamond (1050/1000)<BR>
 
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Tanker 60 (02-297T) - 2002 Carl Thibault / Freightliner FL-106 (1050/1500)<BR>
 
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Brush 60 (92-227E) - 1992 Metalfab / Ford F-800 (1050/1000)<BR>
 
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Rescue 60 (04-333R) - 2004 Ford F-350
 
  
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'''Fire Station 61 - 964 Ketch Harbour Rd, Duncans Cove'''
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Division||Transmitter site||Frequency||Stations
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| Core 2 & 3||Lower Sackville||151.4 MHz||2 - 11
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| Core 3||East Preston||152.18 MHz||12 - 18
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| Core 2 & 3||Maritime Centre||155.4 MHz||4 & 13 (volunteers)
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| Rural 1||Queensland||153.89 MHz||55 - 56
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| Rural 1||Prospect||154.28 MHz||52 - 54
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| Rural 1||Hammonds Plains||152.06 MHz||50, 58, 65
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| Rural 1||Harrietsfield||150.185 MHz||60, 62
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| Rural 4||Upper Sackville||154.415 MHz||41 - 48 & Mount Uniacke fire department
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| Rural 4||Chaswood||154.13 MHz||35, 36, 38
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| Rural 4||Shubenacadie||154.28 MHz||40, Enfield fire department
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| Rural 4||Upper Musquodoboit||152.06 MHz||39
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| Rural 5||East Preston||153.89 MHz||19 - 22
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| Rural 5||Musquodoboit Harbour||151.505 MHz||23 - 25
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| Rural 5||Oyster Pond||152.06 MHz||26
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| Rural 5||Tangier||154.13 MHz||30, 31
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| Rural 5||Sheet Harbour||154.28 MHz||28, 33
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| Rural 5||Ecum Secum||154.175 MHz||29
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Utility 61 (03-322U) - 2003 Dodge Dakota
 
  
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'''Fire Station 62 - 1070 Old Sambro Rd, Harrietsfield'''
 
  
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Engine 62 (12-544E) - 2012 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/750)<BR>
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===Core===
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Tanker 62 (07-431T) - 2007 Carl Thibault / Sterling L8500 (1050/1400)<BR>
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The core stations are paged from one of two sites, Lower Sackville and East Preston, with a third site at the Maritime Centre building in downtown Halifax providing additional coverage to the volunteers who augment stations 4 and 13. Pages for core stations are only transmitted on the transmitter which covers the intended station; therefore, as a scanner listener, it is necessary to program at least the Lower Sackville (151.4) and East Preston (152.18) core transmitters to hear all calls (Maritime Centre on 155.4 will almost always be activated along with one of the other two transmitters).
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Utility 62 (00-272R) - 2002 GMC 3500
 
  
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'''Fire Station 63 - 160 West Pennant Rd, Sambro'''
 
  
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Engine 63 (09-475E) - 2009 Pierce Custom Contender (1250/850)<BR>
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===Rural===
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Tanker 63 (04-339T) - 2004 Superior / Sterling L8500 (840/1400)
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Pages to rural stations are simultaneously transmitted on all 14 transmitters that cover the rural divisions; therefore as a scanner listener, it is not necessary to program all rural pager frequencies to hear all rural calls, only the nearest or the best signal. As well, all transmissions on the main dispatch talkgroup on the TMR are simulcast over the rural paging transmitters (but not the core transmitters), as described in the previous section.
  
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'''Fire Station 65 - 17 Scholars Rd, Upper Tantallon'''
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In addition to being able to page individual stations, entire rural divisions can be paged out at once using a different set of tones, alerting all volunteers in a division; as divisions 4 and 5 are geographically quite large, they're actually subdivided for paging purses into four smaller paging divisions, 4 east (stations 35-40) and west (41-48), and 5 east (28-33) and west (19-26). Evening pager tests, which are conducted at approximately 7:00 PM, are usually sent as divisional pages, which individual stations only being paged on certain nights of the week.
  
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Engine 65 (97-02E) - 1997 Superior Cyclone (1500/500)<BR>
 
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Tanker 65 (07-430T) - 2007 Carl Thibault / Sterling L8500 (1050/1400)<BR>
 
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Brush 65 (05-364R) - 2005 GMC 5500 (250/500)<BR>
 
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Tactical 65 (09-469TS) - 2009 Dynamic Truck Body / GMC 5500
 
  
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=== Division 2 Stations ===
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===Backup paging===
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In the event of a communications failure between the dispatching centre and a rural paging transmitter, a backup paging system exists which uses three backup hub sites to relay pages to the usual transmitter sites via a UHF frequency; the VHF transmitter site receives the UHF transmission from its hub site, and relays it on the usual VHF frequency to be received by the volunteer pagers. The hub sites, and the transmitter sites that they serve, are Geizers Hill (Queensland, Prospect, Harrietsfield, Hammonds Plains, East Preston rural and Upper Sackville), Marinette (Musquodoboit Harbour, Oyster Pond, Tangier, Sheet Harbour and Ecum Secum) and Chaplin (Upper Musquodoboit, Chaswood and Shubenacadie).
  
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[http://local.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213109701331046767018.000434a1eef7ceda701b9&t=h&z=10 Click here] for a Google Map of all HRFE stations
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It appears that backup paging is only ever sent as divisional pages, described in the previous section, not as individual station pages. In fact the nightly pager tests, when transmitted as a divisional page, are always sent using the backup network.  
  
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'''Fire Station 2 - 5988 University Ave, Halifax'''
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In addition to the backup paging, HRM used to have an entire backup radio network (in the 800 MHz band) which could be used by both fire as well as police in the event of a TMR failure; this radio network used the same backup hubs as the paging network, and some paging sites had the additional 800 MHz equipment installed. This system however appears to no longer be active.
  
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Engine 2 (11-528E) - 2011 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/500)
 
  
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'''Fire Station 3 - 5663 West St, Halifax'''
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==Amalgamation==
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On April 1st, 1996, the City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford, and County of Halifax, all amalgamated into one municipality named the Halifax Regional Municipality. This also amalgamated all fire departments into one, known today as Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE). Below is a table of all fire departments that existed prior to amalgamation, and which stations they later became know as in HRFE.
  
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Engine 3 (11-529E) - 2011 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/500)<BR>
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{| class="wikitable"
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Aerial 3 (09-498P) - 2009 E-One Cyclone (1750/300/114' Bronto Platform)<BR>
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! Department||Municipality||Currently||Notes
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Rescue 3 (97-98R) - 1997 Metalfab / Freightliner FL-80<BR>
 
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Trench 3 (03-317U) - 2003 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-450
 
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'''Fire Station 4 - 5830 Duffus St, Halifax'''
 
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Engine 4 (11-530E) - 2011 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/500)<BR>
 
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Engine 4B (92-76E) - 1992 Fort Garry / Spartan Metro Star (1050/600)
 
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'''Fire Station 5 - 7090 Bayers Rd, Halifax'''
 
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Quint 5 (01-143Q) - 2001 American LaFrance Eagle (1750/400/75' Rear Mount)<BR>
 
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Decon 5 (92-73TS) - 1992 Bridgewater Metal / Pemfab Royale
 
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'''Fire Station 6 - 245 Herring Cove Rd, Halifax'''
 
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Engine 6 (03-332E) - 2003 Superior Cyclone (1750/750)<BR>
 
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Brush 6 (07-404R) - 2007 Ford F-350 (250/200)<BR>
 
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Utility 6 (00-273U) - 2000 GMC 3500<BR>
 
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Rescue Boat 2
 
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'''Fire Station 7 - 45 Knightsridge Dr, Halifax'''
 
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Quint 7 (08-439Q) - 2008 Pierce Dash (1750/500/75' Rear Mount)
 
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'''Fire Station 8 - 15 Convoy Run, Bedford'''
 
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Engine 8 (07-402E) - 2007 E-One Typhoon (1750/800)<BR>
 
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Engine 8A (11-531E) - 2011 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/500)<BR>
 
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'''Fire Station 58 - 26 Myra Rd, Timberlea'''
 
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Engine 58 (12-545E) - 2012 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/750)<BR>
 
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Engine 58A (97-01E) - 1997 Superior Cyclone (1500/500)<BR>
 
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Tanker 58 (11-502T) - 2011 Carl Thibault / International 7500 (1050/1400)<BR>
 
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Rescue 58 (12-537U) - 2012 Ford F-350
 
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=== Division 3 Stations ===
 
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'''Fire Station 9 - 1 Metropolitan Blvd, Lower Sackville'''
 
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Engine 9 (04-353E) - 2004 American LaFrance Eagle (1750/700)<BR>
 
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Engine 9A (06-390E) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (1750/750)<BR>
 
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Utility 9 (05-358U) - 2005 Ford F-350<BR>
 
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Kubota 1 (09-492U) - 2009 Kubota RTV1140<BR>
 
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Rescue Boat 4
 
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'''Fire Station 10 - 1156 Sackville Dr, Middle Sackville'''
 
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Tanker 10 (02-304T) - 2002 American LaFrance / Freightliner FL-112 (1750/1800)<BR>
 
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Engine 10A (06-387E) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (1750/750)
 
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'''Fire Station 11 - 479 Patton Rd, Upper Sackville'''
 
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Tanker 11 (10-501T) - 2010 Carl Thibault / International 7500 (1050/1400)
 
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'''Fire Station 12 - 45 Highfield Park Dr, Dartmouth'''
 
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Quint 12 (07-417Q) - 2007 Pierce Dash (1750/500/75' Rear Mount)<BR>
 
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Tactical 12 (09-488TS) - 2009 E-One Cyclone
 
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'''Fire Station 13 - 86 King St, Dartmouth'''
 
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Quint 13 (01-144Q) - 2001 American LaFrance Eagle (1750/400/75' Rear Mount)<BR>
 
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Utility 13 (03-328U) - 2003 Dodge Ram 2500<BR>
 
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Rescue Boat 13 (01-455B) - 2001 Bombard RIB<BR>
 
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Rescue Boat 3 (07-438B) - 2007 Zodiac Futura MKII
 
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'''Fire Station 14 - 1 Second St, Dartmouth'''
 
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Engine 14 (10-507E) - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT (1250/750)
 
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'''Fire Station 15 - 331 Pleasant St, Dartmouth'''
 
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Engine 15 (10-509E) - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT (1250/500)
 
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'''Fire Station 16 - 1807 Caldwell Rd, Eastern Passage'''
 
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Tanker 16 (02-303T) - 2002 American LaFrance / Freightliner FL-112 (1750/1800)<BR>
 
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Engine 16A (06-398E) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (1750/750)<BR>
 
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Rescue 16 (08-422R) - 2008 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
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'''Fire Station 17 - 1150 Cole Harbour Rd, Cole Harbour'''
 
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Engine 17 (03-331E) - 2003 Superior Cyclone (1750/750)<BR>
 
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Engine 17A (93-83E) - 1993 Fort Garry / Pierce Saber (1050/500)<BR>
 
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Tanker 17 (13-541T) - 2013 Carl Thibault / International 7600 (1250/2500)<BR>
 
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Utility 17 (99-266R) - 1999 Ford F-250<BR>
 
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Rescue Boat 5 (01-467B) - 2001 Zodiac
 
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'''Fire Station 18 - 690 Highway 7, Westphal'''
 
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Tanker 18 (02-302T) - 2002 American LaFrance / Freightliner FL-112 (1750/1800)<BR>
 
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Engine 18A (06-397E) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (1750/750)
 
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=== Division 4 Stations ===
 
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'''Fire Station 35 - 39 Corbett Rd, Cooks Brook'''
 
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Tanker 35 (04-341T) - 2004 Superior / Sterling L8500 (840/1400)
 
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Rescue 35 (08-424R) - 2008 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
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Rescue Boat 35 (07-440B) - 2007 Zodiac Futura MKII
 
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'''Fire Station 36 - 4413 Highway 357, Meaghers Grant'''
 
−
 
 
−
Tanker 36 (06-385T)- 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (1050/2500)
 
−
Rescue 36 (11-517R) - 2011 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 38 - 36 Glenmore Rd, Middle Musquodoboit'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 38 (08-445E) - 2008 Pierce Custom Contender (1250/850)
 
−
Tanker 38 (02-300T) - 2002 Carl Thibault / Freightliner FL-112 (840/2500)
 
−
Rescue 38 (07-401R) - 2007 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
Tactical 38 (05-357TS) - 2005 GMC 5500
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 39 - 14 Highway 336, Upper Musquodoboit'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 39 (99-269E) - 1999 Fort Garry / International 4900 (1250/1000)
 
−
Tanker 39 (06-376T) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (840/2500)
 
−
Rescue 39 (08-428R) - 2008 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
Ranger 38 (06-383U) - 2006 Polaris Ranger 6x6
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 40 - 36 Logan Rd, Dutch Settlement'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 40 (06-394E) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (1750/750)
 
−
Tanker 40 (06-375T) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L9500 (840/2500)
 
−
Rescue 40 (07-405R) - 2007 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
Utility 40 (12-538U) - 2012 Ford F-350
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 41 - 2433 Highway 2, Waverley'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 41 (12-542E) - 2012 Carl Thibault / Spartan Metro Star (1250/750)
 
−
Quint 41 (95-248Q) - 1995 Pierce Dash (1250/500/75' Rear Mount)
 
−
Tanker 41 (06-386T) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L8500 (840/1400)
 
−
Rescue 41 (08-423R) - 2008 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 42 - 4132 Highway 2, Wellington'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 42 (96-256E) - 1996 Metalfab / Spartan Metro Star (1050/800)
 
−
Rescue 42 (11-516R) - 2011 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
Utility 42 (11-514U) - 2011 Ford F-350 (250/200)
 
−
Rescue Boat 42 (06-464B) - 2006 Zodiac Pro 9
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 43 - 22 Lakeside Dr, Grand Lake'''
 
−
 
 
−
Tanker 43 (06-381T) - 2006 Superior / Sterling L8500 (840/1400)
 
−
Rescue 43 (12-527R) - 2012 Ford F-350
 
−
 
 
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'''Fire Station 45 - 1359 Fall River Rd, Fall River'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 45 (10-508E) - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT (1250/750)
 
−
Tanker 45 (07-443T) - 2007 Carl Thibault / Sterling L8500 (1050/1400)
 
−
Rescue 45 (08-425R) - 2008 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
Tactical 4 (12-532TS) - 2012 Dynamic Truck Body / International 4300
 
−
Rescue Boat 45 (05-465B) - 2005 Zodiac
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 47 - 2040 Old Guysborough Rd, Goffs'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 47 (09-474E) - 2009 Pierce Custom Contender (1250/850)
 
−
Rescue 47 (02-289U) - 2002 Ford F-350
 
−
 
 
−
'''Fire Station 48 - 1581 Beaver Bank Rd, Beaver Bank'''
 
−
 
 
−
Engine 48 (08-446E) - 2008 Pierce Custom Contender (1250/850)
 
−
Tanker 48 (07-395T) - 2007 Superior / Sterling L8500 (840/1400)
 
−
Rescue 48 (07-406R) - 2007 Reading Truck Body / Ford F-350
 
−
 
 
−
=== Division 5 Fire Stations ===
 
−
! 19
 
−
| Lawrencetown
 
−
| Engine 19<BR>Tanker 19<BR>Rescue 19
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 20
+
| Bay Road Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 59||Station 59 closed in 2011, and was replaced with station 65
−
| Lawrencetown
 
−
| Engine 20<BR>Tanker 20<BR>Rescue 20
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 21
+
| Beaver Bank-Kinsac Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 48||
−
| Lake Echo
 
−
| Engine 21<BR>Tanker 21<BR>Rescue 21<BR>Tactical 21
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 22
+
| Bedford Fire Department||Bedford||Station 8||
−
| North Preston
 
−
| Engine 22
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 23
+
| Black Point Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 56||
−
| Chezzetcook
 
−
| Engine 23<BR>Tanker 23<BR>Rescue 23
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 24
+
| Chezzetcook Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 23||
−
| Musquodoboit Harbour
 
−
| Engine 24<BR>Tanker 24<BR>Rescue 24
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 25
+
| Cooks Brook & District Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 35||
−
| Ostrea Lake
 
−
| Engine 25<BR>Tanker 25<BR>Rescue 25
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 26
+
| Dartmouth Fire Service||Dartmouth||Stations 12, 13, 14, 15||
−
| Oyster Pond
 
−
| Engine 26<BR>Tanker 26
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 27
+
| District 5 West Fire Department||Halifax County||Stations 62, 63||Station 63 was closed in 2020
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| Owl's Head (closed)
 
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|  
 
−
|  
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''Zone 2'''
 
−
 
 
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{| border="1" width="100%"
 
−
! Stn No.
 
−
! Area covered
 
−
! Apparatus
 
−
! Staffing
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 28
+
| Dutch Settlement Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 40||
−
| Sheet Harbour
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 29
+
| Eastern Passage / Cow Bay Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 16||
−
| Moser River
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 30
+
| Goffs Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 47||
−
| Tangier
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 31
+
| Grand Lake / Oakfield Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 43||
−
| East Ship Harbour
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 32
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| Halifax Fire Department||Halifax City||Stations 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7||
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| Mooseland
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 33
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| Hammonds Plains Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 50||
−
| Three Harbours
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 34
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| Herring Cove & District Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 60||
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| Mushaboom
 
−
|
 
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| Volunteer only
 
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|}
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''Zone 3'''
 
−
 
 
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{| border="1" width="100%"
 
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! Stn No.
 
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! Area covered
 
−
! Apparatus
 
−
! Staffing
 
−
|-
 
−
! 35
 
−
| Cooks Brook
 
−
|
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
−
|-
 
−
! 36
 
−
| Meagher's Grant
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
−
|-
 
−
! 37
 
−
| Elderbank
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
−
|-
 
−
! 38
 
−
| Middle Musquodoboit
 
−
|
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
−
|-
 
−
! 39
 
−
| Upper Musquodoboit
 
−
|
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 40
+
| Lake Echo Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Stations 21, 22||
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| Dutch Settlement
 
−
|  
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''Zone 4'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
−
! Stn No.
 
−
! Area covered
 
−
! Apparatus
 
−
! Staffing
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 41
+
| Lakeside Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 58||
−
| Waverley
 
−
| Engine 41<BR>Aerial 41
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 42
+
| Lakeview / Windsor Junction / Fall River Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 45||
−
| Wellington - Fletcher's Lake
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 43
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| Lawrencetown Beach Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Stations 19, 20||
−
| Grand Lake - Oakfield
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 45
+
| Meagher's Grant Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 36||
−
| Lakeview/Fall River/Windsor Junction
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 46
+
| Middle Musquodoboit Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 38||
−
| Lakeview (closed)
 
−
|  
 
−
|  
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 47
+
| Mooseland Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 32||Station 32 closed in 2013
−
| Goffs
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 48
+
| Moser River & District Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 29||
−
| Beaver Bank - Kinsac
 
−
|
 
−
| Volunteer only
 
−
|-
 
−
! 49
 
−
| North Beaver Bank (closed - merged with 48)
 
−
|  
 
−
|  
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''Western Region'''
 
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−
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
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! Stn No.
 
−
! Area covered
 
−
! Apparatus
 
−
! Staffing
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 50
+
| Mushaboom Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 34||Station 34 currently does not have any members or apparatus
−
| Hammonds Plains
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 51
+
| Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 24||
−
| Upper Hammonds Plains
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 52
+
| Ostrea Lake/Pleasant Point Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 25||
−
| Prospect Bay Road
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 53
+
| Oyster Pond Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 26||
−
| Terrence Bay
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 54
+
| Prospect Road & District Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Stations 52, 53, 54||Station 53 closed in 2013
−
| Shad Bay
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 55
+
| Sackville Fire Department||Halifax County||Stations 9, 10, 11||
−
| Seabright
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 56
+
| Seabright & District Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 55||
−
| Black Point
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 57
+
| Sheet Harbour Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 28||
−
| Head of St. Margarets Bay
 
−
|  
 
−
|  
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 58
+
| Tangier & Area Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 30||
−
| Lakeside
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 59
+
| Three Harbours Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 33||
−
| Bay Road/Lewis Lake (closed - replaced by 65)
 
−
|  
 
−
|  
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 60
+
| Upper Hammonds Plains Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 51||Station 51 closed in 2013
−
| Herring Cove
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 61
+
| Upper Musquodoboit Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 39||
−
| Ketch Harbour
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 62
+
| Waverley Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 41||
−
| Harrietsfield
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 63
+
| Wellington & Fletchers Lake Volunteer Fire Department||Halifax County||Station 42||
−
| Sambro
 
−
|  
 
−
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! 65
+
| Westphal-Cole Harbour Fire Department||Halifax County||Stations 17, 18||
−
| Tantallon
 
−
|  
 
−
|  
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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HRFE is dispatched from the HRM Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre. A Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system allows the dispatchers to quickly determine the correct stations and apparatus to page out for a call. The initial page out is done on VHF using Motorola two-tone sequential paging on the following frequencies:
 
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 30 January 2022

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE) is the department providing firefighting and other emergency services to Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).

HRFE consists of 5 districts and 51 stations; district 2 (stations 2-8 & 58) and 3 (stations 9-18 & 45) represent the urban or "core" stations staffed 24/7 by career firefighters and covers the Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Sackville areas, while district 1 (stations 50-65), 4 (stations 35-48) and 5 (stations 19-34) represent the rural stations which are primarily volunteer-run, with some stations providing daytime, Monday-Friday 7am-5:30pm career coverage.

For a complete list of stations, including assigned apparatus, please visit the following web page: https://fire.fandom.com/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Fire_and_Emergency_Service


Communications

HRFE is dispatched from the municipality's Integrated Emergency Services dispatching centre, which also dispatches Halifax Regional Police. A computer aided dispatch (CAD) system allows the dispatchers to quickly determine the correct stations and appratus to page out for a call.

The initial dispatch is transmitted on a network of VHF transmitters using Motorola two-tone sequential paging, while actual communication between dispatch and responding units happens on the TMR trunked radio system. In addition, mobile data terminals are in the process of being installed in apparatus, allowing responding units to acknowledge calls and send status messages to dispatch, such as informing dispatch that they are on scene, without using the radio; at this point all core apparatus appear to be completed. For rural stations, HRFE makes use of the "I Am Responding" app, allowing volunteers to indicate to dispatch via the app on their smartphones that they are en route to the station, allowing incident commanders to have a better idea of how many resources are soon en route.

TMR Operations

Actual on-scene operations are assigned one of 8 ops talkgroups (numbered ops 2-9) on the TMR. For calls within the core region, the ops talkgroup is assigned when the call is paged out, and responding units are expected to switch to the assigned ops talkgroup at that time, where as for calls in the rural region the ops talkgroup is not given until the first unit has arrived on scene and assumed command; this is because the main dispatch talkgroup is simulcast over the VHF paging transmitters, so that any volunteers still responding to their stations can monitor the initial response on their voice pagers.

Of the 8 ops talkgroups, at least one of them (ops 7) is known to be connected to a vehicle repeater system operating in the 800 MHz band for use in large buildings which may impede radio communications; all core engines and quints, as well as command vehicles, are believed to have the vehicle repeater system installed, and portable radios when switched to ops 7 would communicate with the vehicle repeater on the appropriate frequency, which would then relay the transmission to the TMR network via the nearest TMR tower.

Interoperability and Mutual Aid

In addition to the 8 HRFE ops talkgroups, HRFE radios are programmed with a selection of the provincial fire ops talkgroups which can be used for mutual aid responses involving non-HRM fire departments; it is known that HRFE radios have access to the provincial fire ops 39 and 40, which are used by non-HRFE stations in neighbouring Hants county, therefore it is likely that HRFE radios would also have provincial ops talkgroups for other neighbouring counties such as Lunenburg and Guysborough. If however a call in a neighbouring county has already been established on a provincial ops talkgroup that HRFE radios do not have access to, HRFE dispatchers can always patch any of the 56 provincial ops talkgroups to any of the 8 HRFE ops talkgroups.

Other interoperability talkgroups includes the eight provincial Mutual Aid talkgroups which are programmed into all TMR radios, the Emergency Health Services (EHS) AMT Air talkgroup used for communicating with the EHS LifeFlight medevac helicopters (mostly used when the fire department is called upon to set up a landing zone for the helicopter), as well as a dedicated talkgroup for mutual aid with airport fire crews at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

In addition, all HRFE radios have access to the provincial 800 MHz interoperability simplex channels, as well as HRM-specific simplex channels, however it would be extremely unusual to hear anything other than training on those channels, as dispatch would not be able to monitor the situation.

Stations

HRFE uses station numbers to identify apparatus. Each station (Excluding station 1) are assignd to one of the 5 Districts. Station 1 is used to identify Headquarters, which does not house any fire apparatus, and only houses the main administrative offices for the fire department. Note that on the table below, "E Platoon Composite" indicates there are career members there from Monday-Friday 7am-5:30pm.


Station Name Location District Staffing
1 Headquarters Alderney Dr, Dartmouth N/A N/A
2 University Ave University Ave, Halifax (South End) 2 24/7 Career
3 West St West St, Halifax (Central) 2 24/7 Career
4 Lady Hammond Lady Hammond Rd, Halifax (North End) 2 24/7 Composite
5 Bayers Rd Bayers Rd, Halifax (West End) 2 24/7 Career
6 Spryfield Herring Cove Rd, Halifax 2 24/7 Career
7 Knightsridge Dr Knightsridge Dr, Halifax 2 24/7 Career
8 Bedford Convoy Run, Bedford 2 24/7 Composite
9 Metropolitan Metropolitan Ave, Lower Sackville 3 24/7 Composite
10 Millwood Sackville Dr, Middle Sackville 3 24/7 Composite
11 Patton Rd Patton Rd, Upper Sackville 3 24/7 Career
12 Highfield Park Highfield Park Dr, Dartmouth 3 24/7 Career
13 King St King St, Dartmouth (Downtown) 3 24/7 Composite
14 Walker/Second Second St, Dartmouth 3 24/7 Career
15 Woodside Pleasant St, Dartmouth 3 24/7 Career
16 Eastern Passage/Cow Bay Caldwell Rd, Eastern Passage 3 24/7 Composite
17 Cole Harbour Cole Harbour Rd, Cole Harbour 3 24/7 Composite
18 Westphal Highway 7, Westphal 3 24/7 Composite
19 Lawrencetown Beach Crowell Rd, East Lawrencetown 5 Volunteer
20 Lawrenctown Lawrencetown Rd, Lawrencetown 5 Volunteer
21 Lake Echo Highway 7, Lake Echo 5 Volunteer
22 North Preston Cain St, North Preston 5 Volunteer
23 Chezzetcook Highway 7, Head of Chezzetcook 5 E Platoon Composite
24 Musquodoboit Harbour Riverside Ave, Musquodoboit Harbour 5 E Platoon Composite
25 Ostrea Lake - Pleasant Point Ostrea Lake Rd, Ostrea Lake 5 Volunteer
26 Oyster Pond Old Trunk Rd, Oyster Pond 5 Volunteer
28 Sheet Harbour Highway 7, Sheet Harbour 5 24/7 Composite
29 Moser River Highway 7, Moser River 5 Volunteer
30 Tangier Highway 7, Tangier 5 Volunteer
31 East Ship Harbour Highway 7, East Ship Harbour 5 Volunteer
33 Three Harbours Highway 7, West Quoddy 5 Volunteer
34 Mushaboom Powers Rd, Mushaboom 5 Volunteer
35 Cooks Brook Corbett Rd, Cooks Brook 4 Volunteeer
36 Meaghers Grant Highway 357, Meaghers Grant 4 Volunteer
38 Middle Musquodoboit Glenmore Rd, Middle Musquodoboit 4 E Platoon Composite
39 Upper Musquodoboit Highway 336, Upper Musquodoboit 4 Volunteer
40 Dutch Settlement Logan Rd, Dutch Settlement 4 Volunteer
41 Waverley Highway 2, Waverley 4 Volunteer
42 Wellington - Fletchers Lake Highway 2, Wellington 4 Volunteer
43 Grand Lake - Oakfield Lakeside Dr, Grand Lake 4 Volunteer
45 LWF (Lakeside/Windsor Junction/Fall River Fall River Rd, Fall River 3 24/7 Composite
47 Goffs Old Guysborough Rd, Goffs 4 Volunteer
48 Beaver Bank - Kinsac Beaver Bank Rd, Beaver Bank 4 Volunteer
50 Hammonds Plains Hammonds Plains Rd, Hammonds Plains 1 E Platoon Composite
52 Prospect Prospect Rd, Hatchet Lake 1 Volunteer
54 Shad Bay Prospect Rd, Shad Bay 1 E Platoon Composite
55 Seabright Peggys Cove Rd, Seabright 1 Volunteer
56 Black Point St Margarets Bay Rd, Black Point 1 E Platoon Composite
58 BLT (Beechville/Lakeside/Timberlea Myra Rd, Timberlea 2 24/7 Composite
60 Herring Cove Latter Pond Lane, Herring Cove 1 E Platoon Composite
62 Williamswood Old Sambro Rd, Williamswood 1 E Platoon Composite
65 Tantallon Scholars Rd, Upper Tantallon 1 E Platoon Composite


Paging

HRFE operates a network of VHF paging transmitters located at 16 physical sites, as well as a backup network in the case of loss of connectivity to one of those sites.

A list of paging sites, their frequencies, and area of coverage is below. Note that the East Preston site has both a core and rural transmitter, however they are separate.


Division Transmitter site Frequency Stations
Core 2 & 3 Lower Sackville 151.4 MHz 2 - 11
Core 3 East Preston 152.18 MHz 12 - 18
Core 2 & 3 Maritime Centre 155.4 MHz 4 & 13 (volunteers)
Rural 1 Queensland 153.89 MHz 55 - 56
Rural 1 Prospect 154.28 MHz 52 - 54
Rural 1 Hammonds Plains 152.06 MHz 50, 58, 65
Rural 1 Harrietsfield 150.185 MHz 60, 62
Rural 4 Upper Sackville 154.415 MHz 41 - 48 & Mount Uniacke fire department
Rural 4 Chaswood 154.13 MHz 35, 36, 38
Rural 4 Shubenacadie 154.28 MHz 40, Enfield fire department
Rural 4 Upper Musquodoboit 152.06 MHz 39
Rural 5 East Preston 153.89 MHz 19 - 22
Rural 5 Musquodoboit Harbour 151.505 MHz 23 - 25
Rural 5 Oyster Pond 152.06 MHz 26
Rural 5 Tangier 154.13 MHz 30, 31
Rural 5 Sheet Harbour 154.28 MHz 28, 33
Rural 5 Ecum Secum 154.175 MHz 29


Core

The core stations are paged from one of two sites, Lower Sackville and East Preston, with a third site at the Maritime Centre building in downtown Halifax providing additional coverage to the volunteers who augment stations 4 and 13. Pages for core stations are only transmitted on the transmitter which covers the intended station; therefore, as a scanner listener, it is necessary to program at least the Lower Sackville (151.4) and East Preston (152.18) core transmitters to hear all calls (Maritime Centre on 155.4 will almost always be activated along with one of the other two transmitters).


Rural

Pages to rural stations are simultaneously transmitted on all 14 transmitters that cover the rural divisions; therefore as a scanner listener, it is not necessary to program all rural pager frequencies to hear all rural calls, only the nearest or the best signal. As well, all transmissions on the main dispatch talkgroup on the TMR are simulcast over the rural paging transmitters (but not the core transmitters), as described in the previous section.

In addition to being able to page individual stations, entire rural divisions can be paged out at once using a different set of tones, alerting all volunteers in a division; as divisions 4 and 5 are geographically quite large, they're actually subdivided for paging purses into four smaller paging divisions, 4 east (stations 35-40) and west (41-48), and 5 east (28-33) and west (19-26). Evening pager tests, which are conducted at approximately 7:00 PM, are usually sent as divisional pages, which individual stations only being paged on certain nights of the week.


Backup paging

In the event of a communications failure between the dispatching centre and a rural paging transmitter, a backup paging system exists which uses three backup hub sites to relay pages to the usual transmitter sites via a UHF frequency; the VHF transmitter site receives the UHF transmission from its hub site, and relays it on the usual VHF frequency to be received by the volunteer pagers. The hub sites, and the transmitter sites that they serve, are Geizers Hill (Queensland, Prospect, Harrietsfield, Hammonds Plains, East Preston rural and Upper Sackville), Marinette (Musquodoboit Harbour, Oyster Pond, Tangier, Sheet Harbour and Ecum Secum) and Chaplin (Upper Musquodoboit, Chaswood and Shubenacadie).

It appears that backup paging is only ever sent as divisional pages, described in the previous section, not as individual station pages. In fact the nightly pager tests, when transmitted as a divisional page, are always sent using the backup network.

In addition to the backup paging, HRM used to have an entire backup radio network (in the 800 MHz band) which could be used by both fire as well as police in the event of a TMR failure; this radio network used the same backup hubs as the paging network, and some paging sites had the additional 800 MHz equipment installed. This system however appears to no longer be active.


Amalgamation

On April 1st, 1996, the City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford, and County of Halifax, all amalgamated into one municipality named the Halifax Regional Municipality. This also amalgamated all fire departments into one, known today as Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE). Below is a table of all fire departments that existed prior to amalgamation, and which stations they later became know as in HRFE.

Department Municipality Currently Notes
Bay Road Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 59 Station 59 closed in 2011, and was replaced with station 65
Beaver Bank-Kinsac Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 48
Bedford Fire Department Bedford Station 8
Black Point Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 56
Chezzetcook Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 23
Cooks Brook & District Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 35
Dartmouth Fire Service Dartmouth Stations 12, 13, 14, 15
District 5 West Fire Department Halifax County Stations 62, 63 Station 63 was closed in 2020
Dutch Settlement Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 40
Eastern Passage / Cow Bay Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 16
Goffs Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 47
Grand Lake / Oakfield Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 43
Halifax Fire Department Halifax City Stations 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Hammonds Plains Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 50
Herring Cove & District Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 60
Lake Echo Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Stations 21, 22
Lakeside Fire Department Halifax County Station 58
Lakeview / Windsor Junction / Fall River Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 45
Lawrencetown Beach Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Stations 19, 20
Meagher's Grant Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 36
Middle Musquodoboit Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 38
Mooseland Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 32 Station 32 closed in 2013
Moser River & District Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 29
Mushaboom Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 34 Station 34 currently does not have any members or apparatus
Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 24
Ostrea Lake/Pleasant Point Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 25
Oyster Pond Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 26
Prospect Road & District Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Stations 52, 53, 54 Station 53 closed in 2013
Sackville Fire Department Halifax County Stations 9, 10, 11
Seabright & District Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 55
Sheet Harbour Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 28
Tangier & Area Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 30
Three Harbours Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 33
Upper Hammonds Plains Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 51 Station 51 closed in 2013
Upper Musquodoboit Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 39
Waverley Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 41
Wellington & Fletchers Lake Volunteer Fire Department Halifax County Station 42
Westphal-Cole Harbour Fire Department Halifax County Stations 17, 18


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