Halifax County (NS) Regional Fire and Emergency

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).

The HRFE 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.

Divison 1 Stations

Click here for a Google Map of all HRFE stations

Stn No.	Address	Community	Apparatus	Fleet No.
50	2050 Hammonds Plains Rd	Hammonds Plains	Engine 50 Tanker 50 Rescue 50 Utility 50	95-246E 02-306T 04-346R 03-312U
51	948 Pockwock Rd	Upper Hammonds Plains	Tanker 51 Rescue 51	07-421T 93-233U
52	2101 Prospect Rd	Hatchet Lake	Engine 52 Tanker 52 Utility 52	99-268E 06-374T 97-257R
53	80 Sandy Cove Rd	Terence Bay	Rescue 53	02-280U
54	3610 Prospect Rd	Shad Bay	Engine 54 Tanker 54	12-543E 07-436T
55	11229 Peggys Cove Rd, Seabright	Seabright	Engine 55 Tanker 55 Rescue 55 Utility 55	97-108E 06-378T 03-329R 12-539U		56	8579 St Margarets Bay Rd	Black Point	Engine 56 Tanker 56 Rescue 56 Ranger 56 Rescue Boat 56	10-505E 04-338T 12-540R 01-281U 95-471B
60	40 Latter Pond Lane	Herring Cove	Engine 60 Tanker 60 Brush 60 Rescue 60	94-242E 02-297T 92-227E 04-333R
61	964 Ketch Harbour Rd	Duncans Cove	Utility 61	03-322U
62	1070 Old Sambro Rd	Harrietsfield	Engine 62 Tanker 62 Utility 62	12-544E 07-431T 00-272R
63	160 West Pennant Rd	Sambro	Engine 63 Tanker 63	09-475E 04-339T
65	17 Scholars Rd	Upper Tantallon	Engine 65 Tanker 65 Brush 65 Tactical 65	97-02E 07-430T 05-364R 09-469TS Rural Stations The rural area stations are further devided into 5 emergency response zones: 1, 2, 3, 4 and the western region. Click here for a Google Map of all HRFE stations 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 27 Owl's Head (closed) 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 46 Lakeview (closed) 47 Goffs Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time 48 Beaver Bank - Kinsac Volunteer only 49 North Beaver Bank (closed - merged with 48) 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 58 Lakeside Staffed during the day Volunteer the rest of the time 59 Bay Road/Lewis Lake (closed - replaced by 65) 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 65 Tantallon Communications 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: Frequency  Input    License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag  151.40000      VAC778   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Sackville site (for Halifax core stations)  FM  Fire Dispatch  152.06000      XJG955   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Hammonds Plains and Oyster Pond sites  FM  Fire Dispatch  152.18000      CIG518   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Preston site (for Dartmouth core stations)  FM  Fire Dispatch  153.89000      XJH453   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Queensland and Preston sites  FM  Fire Dispatch  154.13000      XJN917   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Chaswood and Tangier sites  FM  Fire Dispatch  154.17500      XJI550   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Ecum Secum site  FM  Fire Dispatch  154.28000      VCC718   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Prospect, Sheet Harbour and Shubenacadie sites  FM  Fire Dispatch  154.41500      XJG928   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Middle Sackville site  FM  Fire Dispatch  151.50500      XJF657   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Musquodoboit Harbour site  FM  Fire Dispatch  866.61250  821.61250   VCC718   RM    HRFE Backup Rptr Prospect, Shubenacadie and Tangier backup repeaters  FM  Fire-Tac  867.11250  822.11250   XJK412   RM    HRFE Backup Rptr Tantallon and Chaplin backup repeaters  FM  Fire-Tac  867.61250  822.61250   VAC778   RM    HRFE Backup Rptr Sackville and Marinette backup repeaters  FM  Fire-Tac  868.11250  823.11250   XJH453   RM    HRFE Backup Rptr Preston, Ecum Secum and Chaswood backup repeaters  FM  Fire-Tac  866.47500  821.47500   CIG518   RM    HRFE Backup Rptr Preston backup repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  868.61250  823.61250   XJN916   RM    HRFE Backup Rptr Queensland and Musquodoboit Harbour backup repeaters  FM  Fire-Tac  867.97500  822.97500     RM    HRFE VR Vehicle repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  867.98750  822.98750     RM    HRFE VR Vehicle repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  868.46250  823.46250     RM    HRFE VR Ops 2 Vehicle repeater for ops 2 talkgroup  FM  Fire-Tac  868.47500  823.47500     RM    HRFE VR Ops 3 Vehicle repeater for ops 3 talkgroup  FM  Fire-Tac  868.48750  823.48750     RM    HRFE VR Vehicle repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  868.96250  823.96250     RM    HRFE VR Vehicle repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  868.97500  823.97500     RM    HRFE VR Vehicle repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  868.98750  823.98750     RM    HRFE VR Vehicle repeater  FM  Fire-Tac  155.40000      CIG518   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Halifax site (for stations 4 and 13 volunteers)  FM  Fire Dispatch  150.18500      VAC780   B  CSQ  HRFE Paging Paging: Harrietsfield site  FM  Fire Dispatch  All stations have a pager/toner, and volunteers carry pagers on them. Communication between dispatch and the responding apparatus is done on the Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS) using the following talkgroups: Description Talkgroups are divided up between core and rural areas. Each area has a dispatch talkgroup and six operations talkgroups numbered 2-7. For example, Dispatch-C would be the core dispatch talkgroup, and Ops 4-R would be the rural operations talkgroup #4. For additional information on the TMRS, please see the Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS) wiki article. For additional frequencies used by HRFE, please see the Halifax County database page. Refresh this page from the latest database entry