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The St. John's Regional Fire Department services the cities of St. John'sand Mount Pearl Newfoundland along with the town's of Paradise and Petty Harbour and other municipalities within the St. John's Region.

History
There were various volunteer fire brigades servicing St John's for many years before the St. John's Fire Department was formed in 1895 following the Great Fire of 1892 which devastated much of the city. The Fire Department, like the Royal Newfoundland Constabluary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Newfoundland_Constabulary of which it was originally an adjunct was part of the provincial government until being downloaded to the City of St John's in 1991

Operations
The Department presently consists of seven stations five in St. John's one in Mount Pearl (that currently services Mount Pearl and Paradise) And another station in Goulds which is manned on weekdays by members of the St. John's Regional Fire Department and on evenings and weekends by volunteers.

Personnel
There are approximatly 200 employees of the St. John's Regional Fire Department almost all of which are represented by the St John's Fire Fighters Association which is Local 1075 of the International Association of Fire Fighters []

Fleet
Engines - 8

Rescues - 3

Aerial Devices - 3 (1 Quint, 1 Bronto Skylift)

HazMat/Command Vehicle - 1

4 x 4 Pickups - 2 (Tactical 1)

SUV's - 4