WEST PERTH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Preventing Fires Through Education

West Perth Fire Department Memorial Garden

The East side of our Fire Hall showing the memorial Garden in memory of Chief Bill Elliott and Deputy Chief Bob Tam. This area of the firehall was built by the West Perth Fire Fighters Association and houses some of the original restored equipment of the department.

Mission:

To protect the residents, visitors and property within our community.

We will endeavor to meet the needs of our residents by providing:

1. Effective and efficient emergency services including fire suppression, rescue, medial assistance and response to natural disasters.
2. Proactive Fire Prevention and Public Fire Safety Education programs
3. Encourage our members to be active participants and role models in our community

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Vision:

To provide trained, equipped and cost effective response to the needs and circumstances of the residents and visitors of West Perth by providing emergency response, public fire safety education, fire prevention programs and enforcement of the law when necessary to protect the public from the devastating impact of an emergency.

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Fire Chief's Message:

Welcome to the official website for the West Perth Fire Department.  This website is an important tool to facilitate communication about fire services and fire safety. The fire service has identified a three pronged approach to a total community fire safety program:

1. Public Fire Safety Education.
2. Fire Prevention Inspections and Code Enforcement under the Ontario Fire Code.
3. Emergency Fire Response

We hope that this website will assist you in becoming more aware of our efforts in these three areas and, most importantly, the fire safety measures you can take to protect your family and property.

Our service is provided by the Municipality of West Perth and supported by municipal taxes.  We are regulated by a provincial statute - The Fire Protection and Prevention Act.  The Office of the Fire Marshal for the Province of Ontario monitors services and provides guidelines to municipalities regarding fire protection under this piece of legislation.

We have included a number of links which will provide you with a host of fire service and safety information to browse through - there are even links with fire safety activities for children to enjoy on the Kids Page. 

We are interested in your feedback and suggestions to make our site as “customer friendly” as possible. Please feel free to contact us with your comments.

Our most important asset is the dedicated group of committed and highly trained individuals who make up our department.  We hope you will join our “team” by educating yourself and your family to be as fire safety conscious as possible.

Thanks for visiting and come back again.

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Fire Department History

Historical Dates

1872 - Every building on north side of Main Street burned

1873 - First 'unofficial' Fire Department

1874 - First fire hydrants

1875 - First 'official' Fire Department (28 firefighters and 4 torch boys)

1916 - Crystal Palace destroyed by fire

 

 

Fire Chiefs

1873-1875	Robert Ryan
1875-?	James Kerr
?-1921	David Hughley
1921-1932	John (Jack) M Bennett
1932-1954	Walter S Bennett
1954-1957	Herbert G Berry
1957-1963	Charles Robertson
1963-1977	Murray Dalrymple
1978-1981	Ross Hoggarth
1981-1993	Floyd Wassmann
1993-2007	William Elliott
2007-present	Walter L Anderson

 

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