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7 Canadian Forces Supply Depot
7 Canadian Forces Supply Depot (7 CFSD) is currently a unit in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and is a member of the Canadian Materiel Support Group (CMSG). The depot is a lodger unit at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, and is located at the intersection of 195th Street and 85th Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta.

History

No. 7 Supply Depot (7 SD) was established in 1952 and was located at the military airfiled at Lancaster Park, Alberta, just north of the City of Edmonton. Established as a unit in the Royal Canadian Air Force's Material Command, 7 SD was tasked to receive, store, warehouse and distribute equipment and stock to Canadian military units and bases. Throughout its history approaching 60 years, the depot has undergone numerous changes within its chain of comand.

Key Dates


 * 1952 - 7 SD established by the RCAF. Construction commences on the main warehouse
 * 1954 - 7 SD commences operations from "Building 236", an 18 acre warehouse
 * August 1966 - 7 SD absorbes elements of No. 711 RCAF Detachment at Edmonton
 * February 1968 - The Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force were merged into the "Canadian Forces" under unification, and the "Logistics Branch" is established from the merging of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps and the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
 * October 1968 - 7 SD renamed 7 Canadian Forces Supply Depot (7 CFSD) and reassigned to Air Transport command
 * May 1970 - The Chief of the Defence Staff moves 7 CFSD to Canadian Forces Headquarters/Chief of Technical Services
 * February 1974 - 7 CFSD transferred to Canadian Forces Headquarters/Assistant Deputy Minister (Material)
 * December 1983 - 7 CFSD transferred to National Defence Headquarters/Assistant Deputy Minister (Material)
 * 1986 - 7 CFSD tasked to provide third line supply and Central Materiel Traffic Terminal transportation services
 * 1988-1989 - 7 CFSD was closed due to environmental health risks as asbestos insulation is removed from the warehouse. The unit operates from temporary shelters outside the main facility
 * 2006 - Under Canadian Forces transforamtion, 7 CFSD is trasferred from the Assistant Deputy Minister (Material) to the Canadian Materiel Support Group in the Canadian Operational Support Command (CANOSCOM)
 * 2012 - CANOSCOM is disbanded and replaced by the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC). 7 CFSD remains a field unit in CMSG

Depot Functions

Throughout the unit's history, the organization has managed the materiel control of vehicles and equipment throuigh manual stock record cards and then IBM punch cards. As automation and advances in technology occured, the supply systems of record developed through the implementation of the Developed Integrated Logistics (DEVIL) Program in 1973, to the Terminal Network Replacement Program in 1980 to the Mincom Materiel Information Managment System in 2002. In August 2013, 7 CFSD will roll over from MIMS to the SAP software called Dfence Resources Management Information System (DRMIS) as its system of record. Regardless of the supply systems in place, the depot's functions remain basically the same - materiel reception, identification, inspection, storage, storgae, disposal or demilitiarization, order consolidaiton and shipping.

The present main warehouse is a large single-story structure, 450 metres in length and 170 metres wide and covering 7.5 hectares. In the face of the numerous changes in the unit's chain of command, 7 CFSD remains focussed on supporting the military supply chain, while remembering its history through its motto of "We Keep The Flame Alive".