Halifax County (NS)

Background

In 1996, the Province of Nova Scotia merged the former City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Since that time, fire and transit services for the entire county have fallen under the direct control of the HRM. Police service is provided in the urban areas (former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and Town of Bedford) by the Halifax Regional Police, an amalgamation of those former cities' police services. Policing services in the rest of the municipality is provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Public Works services within the urban areas are provided by the HRM, and by the Province of Nova Scotia's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in the rest of the municipality.

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service

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 Service (HRFES).

The HRFES consists of two response areas, core and rural:

• Core stations are those in the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Sackville. These stations are staffed by full crews, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
• Rural stations are those in the former Halifax County. Some stations in more densly populated areas have a mixture of career firefighters during the day Monday to Friday, and volunteer firefighters covering the rest of the time. Stations in more rural areas are covered entirely by volunteers.

Core Stations

Note, station 1 is actually the headquarters at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, not an actual working station.

Stn No.	Station Name	Area covered	Apparatus
2	University Avenue	Downtown Halifax	Engine 2
3	West Street	Downtown Halifax	Engine 3 Aerial 1
4	Lady Hammond Road	North-end Halifax	Engine 4
5	Bayers Road	West-end Halifax	Quint 5 Decon 1
6	Herring Cove Road	Spryfield	Engine 6
7	Knightsridge Drive	Fairview/Clayton Park	Quint 7
8	Convoy Run	Bedford	Engine 8 Tactical 2
9	Metropolitan Boulevard	Lower Sackville	Engine 9 Engine 9-A
10	Sackville Drive	Middle Sackville	Engine 10 Engine 10-A
11	Patton Road	Upper Sackville	Engine 11 Tanker 11
12	Highfield Park	North-end Dartmouth	Quint 12 Tactical 1
13	King Street	Downtown Dartmouth	Quint 13 Boat 1
14	Second Street	Westphal	Engine 14
15	Pleasant Street	Woodside	Engine 15
16	Caldwell Road	Eastern Passage	Engine 16
17	Cole Harbour Road	Cole Harbour	Engine 17 Engine 17-A Tanker 17
18	Hwy #7	Westphal	Engine 18 Engine 18-A

Rural Stations

The rural area stations are further devided into 5 emergency response zones: 1, 2, 3, 4 and the western region.

Zone 1

Stn No.	Area covered	Apparatus	Staffing
19	Lawrencetown	Engine 19 Tanker 19 Rescue 19	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
20	Lawrencetown	Engine 20 Tanker 20 Rescue 20	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
21	Lake Echo	Engine 21 Tanker 21 Rescue 21 Tactical 21	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
22	North Preston	Engine 22	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
23	Chezzetcook	Engine 23 Tanker 23 Rescue 23	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
24	Musquodoboit Harbour	Engine 24 Tanker 24 Rescue 24	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
25	Ostrea Lake	Engine 25 Tanker 25 Rescue 25	Volunteer only
26	Oyster Pond	Engine 26 Tanker 26	Volunteer only

Zone 2

Stn No.	Area covered	Apparatus	Staffing
28	Sheet Harbour		Volunteer only
29	Moser River		Volunteer only
30	Tangier		Volunteer only
31	East Ship Harbour		Volunteer only
32	Mooseland		Volunteer only
33	Three Harbours		Volunteer only
34	Mushaboom		Volunteer only

Zone 3

Stn No.	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	Dutch Settlement		Volunteer only

Zone 4

Stn No.	Area covered	Apparatus	Staffing
41	Waverley	Engine 41 Aerial 41	Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
42	Wellington - Fletcher's Lake		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
43	Grand Lake - Oakfield		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
45	Lakeview/Fall River/Windsor Junction		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
47	Goffs		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
48	Beaverbank - Kinsac		Volunteer only

Western Region

Stn No.	Area covered	Apparatus	Staffing
50	Hammonds Plains		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
51	Upper Hammonds Plains		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
52	Prospect Bay Road		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
53	Terrence Bay		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
54	Shad Bay		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
55	Seabright		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
56	Black Point		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
57	Head of St. Margarets Bay		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
58	Lakeside		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
59	Bay Road/Lewis Lake		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
60	Herring Cove		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
61	Ketch Harbour		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
62	Harrietsfield		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time
63	Sambro		Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time