London (ON) Fire Department

Fire Department check-ins

• LFD wake-up 0645
• LFD radio checks Sundays at 0830

London Fire Department changes

• A few changes around the city as far as apparatus goes, now that Station 14 is open for business.

• Rescue 2 has moved to Central, and is now Rescue 1.
• Truck 1 has moved from Central to 2 Company and is now Truck 2
• Rescue 6 was dissolved as a rescue unit and has become Engine 6. The existing Engine 6 crew moved to 14 company to man Engine 14.
• Truck 7 moves across the city to become Truck 6
• Marine 12 has moved to 3 Company and is now Marine 3
• Engine 6's quint was refurbished and now at 13 Company as Engine 13
• the Technical Support Unit is now housed at 5 Company as Air/Light 5
• Tanker 11 has received a new larger rig
• Tanker 11's rig is now at 5 Company as Tanker 5
• Tanker 5's unit is now a reserve unit (Tanker 25)
• Tanker 25 is to be disposed of
• Engine 8's E-One quint still at Apparatus Division, fate unknown

London Fire Service Codes

• Code 1 – Clear and available

• Code 2 – Out of service but available for second alarms (e.g. If there is an alarm in their area the 1st alarm is dispatched to another vehicle but they will be dispatched if a second alarm comes in)

• Code 3 – No lights or siren response, obeying all traffic signals to a call that poses no threat to life or property (e.g. open burn)

• Code 4 – Lights and siren (Response to a call that possibly poses a threat to life or property)

• Code 5 – completely out of service (e.g. Training, apparatus not functioning, vehicle is short staffed)

London Fire Stations

• Station #1 and Headquarters, 400 Horton Street East
  • Engine 1, Truck 1 (100' Platform), Hazardous Materials Unit 1, Air Bottle Unit, Fire Investigation Unit

• Station #2 and Apparatus Division, 1101 Florence Street
  • Engine 2, Car 2, Rescue 2, Marine 2, Technical Support (Air/Light), Decon Trailer, 3 Spare Engines (20-21-22), 1 Spare Aerial (23)

• Station #3, 550 Commissioners Road West
  • Engine 3

• Station #4, 807 Colborne Street
  • Engine 4

• Station #5, 751 Deveron Crescent
  • Engine 5 (Engine/Rescue), Tanker 5

• Station #6, 590 Oxford Street West
  • Engine 6 (75' Quint), Car 6, Rescue 6** (Rescue/Engine)

• Station #7, 1295 Webster St
  • Engine 7 - 2009 Spartan Advantage MFD / Smeal (1500/500) (SN#706040)(ex-Engine 5) Truck 7 - 2009 Spartan Gladiator Sirius MFD / Smeal(1500/300/100' Rearmount Tower) (ex-Truck 2, ex-Truck 1)

• Station #8, 1565 Western Road
  • Engine 8 (75' Quint), Spare Marine Unit

• Station #9 and Training Tower, 746 Wellington Road South
  • Engine 9, Truck 9 (100' Ladder, Car 9

• Station #10, 2125 Trafalgar Street
  • Engine 10

• Station #11, 7109 Westminster Drive
  • Engine 11 (Engine/Rescue), Tanker 11, Spare Tanker

• Station #12, 275 Boler Road
  • Engine 12 (Engine/Rescue), Marine 12, Fire Safety House

• Station #13, 790 Fanshawe Park Rd. E.
  • Engine 13 (Engine/Rescue)

• Station #14 2225 Hyde Park Rd. (north of Fanshawe Park Rd.)
  • Engine 14 2012 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Carl Thibault

• Note: Rescue 6 is a Engine/Rescue run as a rescue unit because the quint in the station is run as an engine. The truck itself is no different from Engines 5,11,12 and 13. Up until recently the department ran two heavy rescue units which is where the name comes from.

London Fire Radio ID Numbers

Dispatch (765)

14901-14904 - LFD Dispatch Console

14459 - Strathroy/County Fire Dispatch (When Patched)

Mobile Radios

14501-14514 Staion 1-14 Base Radios

14471 Car 6

14472 Car 2

14473 Car 9

14464 Rescue 1

14401-14414 Engine 1-14

14466 Truck 6

14465 Truck 7

14432 Truck 9

14440 Tanker 5

14441 Tanker 11

14442 Tanker 25

14447 Service 1

14433 Hazmat

14462 Marine 2

14463 Air/Light Truck

Portable Radios

14371 Car 6 A

14372 Car 2 A

14373 Car 9 A

14251-14254 Rescue 1 A-D

14011-14014 Engine 1 A-D

14021-14024 Engine 2 A-D

14031-14034 Engine 3 A-D

14041-14044 Engine 4 A-D

14051-14054 Engine 5 A-D

14061-14064 Engine 6 A-D

14071-14074 Engine 7 A-D

14081-14084 Engine 8 A-D

14091-14094 Engine 9 A-D

14101-14104 Engine 10 A-D

14111-14114 Engine 11 A-D

14121-14124 Engine 12 A-D

14131-14134 Engine 13 A-D

14141-14144 Engine 14 A-D

14291-14293 Truck 6 A-D

14281-14284 Truck 7 A-D

14221-14224 Truck 9 A-D

14231 Tanker 5

14232 Tanker 11

14271-14276 Hazmat 1-6

Fire Prevention Radios

14810 - 14835 - FPO Portables

14453 - FPO Truck Mobile

London Fire MDC1200 (For county channels)

14459 - Strathroy/County Fire Dispatch (When Patched)

40 Car 1

106 Engine 6

128 Tanker 5

129 Tanker 9

154 Truck 9

156 Rescue 6

Tested and Confirmed RIDs on 05/15/2024 on a Uniden BCD436

Related Web Links

• Middlesex County Ontario -- Conventional Frequencies used by London Fire London Fire Tac and Hazmat channels as well as County Fire frequencies