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Fire Stations in Canada

Interactive map of fire stations in Canada. Search by address or GPS — get directions to any station. Free pre-incident planning tool.

🚨 Emergency in Canada: call 911
Stations found
5 km
Search radius
OSM
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Fire station coverage in Canada

🚨 Emergency number: 911 — this tool does NOT contact emergency services
🏛️ Fire service model: Municipal career + volunteer mix (same structure as U.S.)

Canada's fire service closely mirrors U.S. organization — large career departments in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Ottawa; volunteer companies in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. British Columbia, Alberta, and Northern Ontario face significant wildland fire challenges. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) coordinates national wildland resource mobilization. OSM coverage is excellent in major metros and most provincial cities.

Use the Search area button or type an address above to find mapped stations in Canada. OSM coverage density varies by region — increase the radius to 10–30 km in areas with sparse results. Click any result for Google Maps directions to that station.


How to use Fire Station Locator

Enter an address in the search box or click My location to center the map. Select a radius — 5 km for urban areas, 10–30 km for rural. Click Search area. Stations appear as orange markers on the map and as a sorted nearest-first list in the sidebar. Click any result to fly the map to that station, or tap Directions to open Google Maps navigation directly to it. The OSM link opens the station's raw OpenStreetMap record — useful for verifying operator, station type, and contact details.

📋Pre-incident planning

Identify primary and mutual aid stations near target hazards. Document response distances and access routes before arrival.

🗺️First-due orientation

Understand career, combination, and volunteer station distribution in your first-due — especially useful after transfers or redistricting.

🤝Mutual aid planning

Quickly identify neighboring stations covered by your mutual aid or automatic aid agreements.

🎓Training and drills

Use real station data for tabletop exercises, fire protection zone orientation, and ISO water supply verification.


Frequently asked questions

Click 'My location' to center the map on your GPS position, choose a search radius, and click 'Search area'. Stations appear as orange markers on the map and as a sorted list in the sidebar, nearest first. You can also type any address into the search box to jump to a different location.

All station locations are sourced from OpenStreetMap (OSM) via the Overpass API using the amenity=fire_station tag. Data is fetched live and cached briefly for performance. Coverage depends on community mapping activity in each area.

This is a planning and familiarization aid, not a dispatch system. Always verify station location, current staffing, and operational status through your agency or dispatch center before relying on this data for incident operations.

Sparse results usually mean the area hasn't been fully mapped in OpenStreetMap, not that no stations exist. Try increasing the search radius to 10–30 km. You can contribute missing stations at openstreetmap.org to improve coverage for all users.

Yes, if they are mapped in OpenStreetMap with the amenity=fire_station tag. Career, volunteer, and combination stations are all included. The station type and operator appear in the result card when those OSM tags are populated.

In Canada, call 911 for fire emergencies. This tool does not contact emergency services — always call your local emergency number directly in an emergency.

Canada uses the following fire service model: Municipal career + volunteer mix (same structure as U.S.). Station structure and coverage density vary by region. The map shows all stations that have been mapped in OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap coverage varies significantly across Canada. Urban centers and major cities are typically well-mapped. Rural and remote areas may have incomplete data. If you find missing stations, contributing to OSM at openstreetmap.org benefits all users.

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