Frontenac Islands Fire Service
The Frontenac Islands Fire Service is committed to providing quality fire protection in a safe, yet fast and efficient way to all residents of the Township.
The Frontenac Islands Fire Service covers the following areas:
- Wolfe Island
- Howe Island
- Simcoe Island
- All other surrounding islands with Frontenac Islands
For all emergencies, please dial 9-1-1- first and provide the operator with your civic address number along with your street name, your name and type of emergency.
The Frontenac Islands Fire Service is comprised of Volunteers Firefighters.
Frontenac Islands volunteer Firefighters responding to the station or location of the emergency, in their private vehicle, may display a green flashing light. The flashing green light is a universal identifier to other drivers to “Yield to Flashing Green Light “to allow the Firefighter to get to the station or location of the emergency unimpeded.
If you see a flashing green light in the Frontenac Islands Township, please pullover.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergencies can happen at anytime and occur anywhere, sometimes without much warning. An emergency can force you to evacuate your neighbourhood or confine you to your home or workplace. It can leave you without basic services such as water, gas, electricity or a working telephone. Are you prepared?
Although Ontario has effective emergency management legislation and programs, individuals and families play a vital role in preparing for times of crisis when emergency services and other government resources may be strained. It is important that individuals and families prepare to take care of themselves for at least three days.
Individuals and families are best able to cope when they have taken the time to prepare before an emergency happens.
Follow the steps below to ensure that you are ready in the event of an emergency:
- Learn About Hazards in Your Community
- Learn How You Will Be Informed Of an Emergency
- Develop a Family Emergency Plan
- Prepare an Emergency Survival Kit
- Prepare Your Pets
- Practice and Maintain Your Plan
- Learn How to Evacuate
- Learn How to “Shelter-In-Place”
- Consider any Special Needs
For more information please visit the Emergency Management Ontario.
Frontenac Islands Fire Prevention
Is it time to change your clock? Then its also time to change the batteries in all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors! The Frontenac Islands Fire Service recommend residents replace the old batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when they change their clocks.
For smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to do their job, they need to have working batteries. When residents change their clocks, old batteries should be replaced with new batteries and all detectors should be tested.
To survive a fire, you need an early warning signal and the knowledge of what to do when the smoke detector sound. It's the law in Ontario to have working smoke detectors on every storey of the home and outside all sleeping areas. For added protection, it is recommended to also install alarms inside all bedrooms.
Tampering with or removing the batteries from your smoke detectors is against the law. Failure to comply with the Ontario Fire Code smoke detector requirements can result in a fine of up to $50,000.
The Frontenac Islands Fire Service highly recommends that homeowners have working carbon monoxide detectors in their homes, especially outside the sleeping areas.
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