Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal

Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal
Operational area
CountryCanada
Agency overview
Established2002
Annual calls118 786 (2022)
Employees2,305 uniformed
418 other & support
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefRichard Liebmann
EMS levelBLS
Facilities and equipment
Stations67
Engines70 (4 stations have 2 engines)
Trucks51
Squads8
Rescues3
Website
https://sim.montreal.ca/en

The Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (SIM; English: Montreal Fire Department, lit.'Incendiary security service of Montreal') is responsible for fire and rescue operations in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. EMS first-response has been available in limited areas since 1976 and to the entire service area since 2009. The SIM is the 7th largest fire department in North America. The department offers Technical rescue capacity from the Technical Rescue Group (GST) (Stations 13, 27 and 47), witch work together on Hi-Angle,collapse, confined and heavy rescue/ extrication The GST also structural evaluation during fire operations in support of command and fire suppression teams GST rescue consist of stations 13 ( units 213 & 613), station 27 (227 & 627) and station 47 (units 247,647, 947) the 200 units are engines/ squads, the 600 units are mid size Rescue squads and unit 947 is a rescue tender for collapse and heavy rescue equipment, hazmat response (Station 29 and 65), ice rescue (stations 15, 35, 38, 57 and 64) and nautical rescue (stations 14, 15, 35, 38, 55, 57, 64 and 66).