The city is hoping to put a dent in the estimated 1,200 false alarm calls received each year with changes to the alarm system bylaw that go into effect Jan. 1.
Under bylaw changes approved in September, alarm permit holders will now be allowed only one false alarm for the life of their permit instead of one per year.
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EDMONTON – Years before he became Edmonton’s fire marshal, Tom Karpa was fielding 911 calls one night when a woman called to complain that her apartment building was shaking.
“Shaking?” Karpa asked. He walked her through a gamut of possibilities, and finally sent out firefighters. They had just pulled up to the scene when she called back.
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The last piece of the Westgate Fire Station, a new training facility, is going ahead after city council’s Protective Services Committee approved the $220,500 tender plus $14,500 in auxiliary costs for engineering, inspection and contingency on Tuesday.
Fire Chief Dan Lemieux said he expects construction of the facility to be done some time in the spring.
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Recruitment and retention were the two stand out challenges identified in a study on regionalization of emergency services and emergency management which went public last week.
At last Wednesday’s public information session, emergency services personnel from communities in the region out numbered local residents in a crowd of about 50. All were in attendance to hear Barry Colledge of Morrison Hershfield outline the findings of the study.
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Kids climbed into fire trucks and hugged Sparky the Fire Dog as dozens of southeast Edmonton residents celebrated the opening of the Ellerslie Fire Station on November 3, 2012.