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.

Public Safety

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

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