Vancouver, British Columbia
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Introduction
Vancouver is the third largest municipality in Canada. Home of over two million people, work place of tens of thousands more. Emergency services within city limits are provided by 20 full time staffed fire halls, a city funded police department, and the British Columbia Ambulance Service. All services are carried on the E-Comm WARS radio system.
Police
Vancouver Police Department VPD
- Catch crooks
- Deter crime
- Emergency Response Team ERT
- Negotiations
- Public eduation
Talk Groups
The talk groups the Vancouver Police Department operate on include, but are not limited to:
768 06-000 VPD Broadcast (City Wide) 786 06-022 VPD East Info 785 06-021 VPD District 1 Dispatch 787 06-023 VPD Chat 1 788 06-024 VPD OPS 1A 789 06-025 VPD OPS 1B 790 06-026 VPD TAC 1 791 06-027 VPD INVEST 1 802 06-042 VPD West Info 801 06-041 VPD District 2 Dispatch 803 06-043 VPD Chat 2 804 06-044 VPD OPS 2A 805 06-045 VPD OPS 2B 806 06-046 VPD TAC 2 807 06-047 VPD INVEST 2 817 06-061 VPD District 3 Dispatch 819 06-063 VPD CHAT 3 820 06-064 VPD OPS 3A 821 06-065 VPD OPS 3B 822 06-066 VPD TAC 3 823 06-067 VPD INVEST 3 833 06-081 VPD District 4 Dispatch 835 06-083 VPD CHAT 4 836 06-084 VPD OPS 4A 837 06-085 VPD OPS 4B 838 06-086 VPD TAC 4 839 06-087 VPD INVEST 4 849 06-101 VPD EVENT 1 850 06-102 VPD EVENT 2 851 06-102 VPD EVENT 3 852 06-103 VPD EVENT 4 865 06-121 VPD Traffic 10
All police departments and RCMP detachments in Metro Vancouver alsohave access to a large number of police mutual aid channels enabling interoperability while working in other jurisdictions or with other agencies such as Fire and Ambulance.
Fire
The Vancouver Fire & Rescue Service operates out of 20 Fire Stations with 10 Engines, 13 Quints, 5 Ladders, 7 Rescues, 3 Wildlands/Brush units, 2 Hazmats, 1 Tech Rescue Team, 3 Battalion Chiefs, 2 Fireboats (FB1 out of Main St Docks & FB5 out of Burrard Civic Marina), 1 Command Vehicle, 1 Air & Light Unit, 1 Ambulance and a Hose Tender.
Halls
- Firehall 1
900 Heatley Avenue
- Engine 1, Ladder 1, Battalion 1
Engine 1 Photo by: Dcubed
Ladder 1
- Firehall 2
199 Main Street
- Quint 2, Rescue 2
- Firehall 3
2801 Quebec Street
- Engine 3, Quint 3, Hazmat 3, Hazmat Tender 3
HazMat 3 - photo by Shane MacKichan
- Firehall 4
1475 W. 10th Avenue
- Quint 4, Rescue 4
- Firehall 5
3090 E. 54th Avenue
- Engine 5, Ladder 5, Wildlands 5
Future Engine 5 Photo by: Dcubed
- Firehall 6
1001 Nicola Street
- Quint 6, Engine 6
Quint 6
- Firehall 7
1090 Haro Street
- Engine 7, Ladder 7, High Angle 7
Engine 7 Photo by: Dcubed
Ladder 7 Photo by: Dcubed
- Firehall 8
895 Hamilton Street
- Engine 8, Rescue 8, Wildlands 8
Engine 8 Photo by: Dcubed
- Firehall 9
1805 Victoria Drive
- Quint 9, Rescue 9, Spare Rescue, Command 9
- Firehall 10
2992 Wesbrook Mall
- Engine 10, Tower 10, Hazmat 10, Hazmat Tender 10, Ambulance 10
- Firehall 12
2460 Balaclava Street
- Quint 12, Engine 12
- Firehall 13
4013 Prince Albert
- Quint 13, Hose Tender
- Firehall 14
2804 Venables Street
- Ladder 14, Engine 14
Engine 14 Photo by: Dcubed
- Firehall 15
3003 E. 22nd Avenue
- Engine 15
Temp Firehall 15 @ Nanaimo & E24th Ave.
- Firehall 17
7070 Knight Street
- Engine 17, Rescue 17
Future Engine 17 Photo by: Dcubed
- Firehall 18
1375 W. 38th Avenue
- Engine 18, Ladder 18, Battalion Cheif 3
Engine 18 Photo by: Dcubed
- Firehall 19
4396 W. 12th Avenue
- Quint 19, Wildlands 19
- Firehall 20
5402 Victoria Drive
- Quint 20, Battalion Cheif 2
- Firehall 21
5425 Carnarvon Street
- Quint 21, Rescue 21
- Firehall 22
1005 W. 59th Avenue
- Quint 22, Rescue 22, Air & Light 22
Engine 22
Talk Groups
1489 11-101 VFRS All Hall Broadcast 1474 11-082 VFRS Dispatch 1441 11-041 VFRS Tac 2 0058 00-072 VFRS Tac 6 (CE Mesa) 0059 00-073 VFRS Tac 7 (CE Mesa) 1431 11-027 VFRS Tac 8 1432 11-030 VFRS Tac 9 0037 00-045 VFRS Tac 14 (CE Bridge) 1113 08-111 VFRS Fireboat Ops 1114 08-112 VFRS Fireboat Ops 1121 08-121 VFRS Training 1122 08-122 VFRS Training 1123 08-123 VFRS Training 1129 08-131 Urban Search and Rescue
Simplex Channels
866.18750 VFRS TAC-3 (CT 151.4) NOTE: THIS IS ALSO USED BY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE LOWER MAINLAND) 853.26250 VFRS TAC-4 (CT 131.8) 853.51250 VFRS TAC-5 (CT 131.8)
Ambulance
British Columbia Ambulance Service BCAS aka Emergency Health Service EHS Channel 3 of the ECOMM Wide Area Radio System is dedicated exclusively to the city of Vancouver, but Channel 1 also occassionally covers parts of East Vancouver (for example when ambulances from east Vancouver are required to cover Burnaby). Refer to Burnaby for Channel 1 talkgroups.
Talk Groups
1816 14-030 BCAS Area 3 Broadcasts 1817 14-031 BCAS Area 3 Dispatch 1820 14-034 BCAS Area 3 Tac 1 1821 14-035 BCAS Area 3 Tac 2 1822 14-036 BCAS Area 3 Tac 3 1825 14-041 Hospital Transfers (used by ambulances in all of Metro Vancouver)
City Works
- Parking Enforcement
- Road Maintenance
- Sewers
- Electrical
143.1750 : F1 Parking 143.5050 : F2 Maintenance 143.6550 : F3 Sewers 143.7450 : F4 Electrical
