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Fire services within the City of Guelph are provided by the Guelph Fire Department. The provision of service is designed to meet the needs and circumstances of the community as approved by Council. Emergency Services also provides fire protection services to 11,000 Township of Guelph-Eramosa residents. Fire services activities are carried out under the authority of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act.
Fire suppression
Fire Suppression is staffed 24 hours per day by fully trained firefighters who:
- Respond and extinguish all fires of various magnitudes where reported and warranted: structure fires, kitchen fires, grass fires, illegal burning, car fires, explosions, equipment fires
- Perform automobile and equipment extrication: car accidents involving trapped persons, industrial accidents involving trapped persons
- Give medical assistance: first aid, CPR, provide oxygen, ambulance assistance, assist in transport of casualties
- Are efficient and effective in: water and ice rescue, confined space rescue, hazardous materials control, carbon monoxide detection, in-service fire safety inspections, Fire Department tours to all groups and ages, CPR training, investigation of various unknown yet potentially dangerous situations, (natural gas odours, explosion sounds, liquid and gas leaks, unknown situations)
Emergency Services provides emergency service for you and your family. Call us at 911 and we’ll be there.
Update facility/business emergency contact information
On any given day, Guelph Fire Department responds to many emergency and non-emergency type incidents at local businesses. This could range from fire alarm and/or sprinkler activations to actual fire or other hazardous incidents. One of the many things the department depends on when responding to an emergency incident, especially after business hours, is who we can contact to gain access and/or seek pertinent information from. Therefore, it is very important that the contact information we have on record is current.
Update facility contact information
In the community
![ESL Fire Tour ESL Fire Tour](/wp-content/uploads/ESL_fireTour.jpg)
Fire Safety Education for English as a second language groups.
![Fire High school coop program Fire High school co-op program](/wp-content/uploads/fire_coop_program.jpg)
High school coop program
![fire - Neighbourhood Group fire - Neighbourhood Group](/wp-content/uploads/fire_neighbourhoodGroup.jpg)
Neighbourhood group involvement
![fire - truck on display fire - truck on display](/wp-content/uploads/fire_outdoors.jpg)
Showing the kids the truck
![Sparky - smoke detectors Sparky - smoke detectors](/wp-content/uploads/Sparky_smoke-detectors.jpg)
Sparky educating about smoke detectors
![sparky public activities sparky public activities](/wp-content/uploads/sparky-activities.jpg)
Sparky hanging out with some friends
![Fire safety trailer Fire safety trailer](/wp-content/uploads/fire_community.jpg)
Fire safety trailer at a community event
![kids On Fire truck kids On Fire truck](/wp-content/uploads/kidsOnFiretruck.jpg)
Kids riding the antique fire truck
![sparky At Event sparky At Event](/wp-content/uploads/sparkyAtEvent.jpg)
Sparky with some kids outside the fire station.
![fire food collection fire food collection](/wp-content/uploads/fire_foodCollection.jpg)
Firefighters and the community collecting food
![fire - Public education fire - Public education](/wp-content/uploads/fire_public-ed.jpg)
Public education starts at an early age