In 2005 the City of Wetaskiwin, County of Wetaskiwin, and Wetaskiwin Rural Fire Protection Zone 2 Society entered into a 20 year Fire Protection agreement which demonstrated the long term commitment to the provision of fire protection services to the residents of the City and surrounding rural County area.
E-911 service is provided to residents through a contract with City of Red Deer Dispatch Services and Telus Communications. The E-911 center takes the calls and relays them directly to the fire department via two-way radio system.
The 37-member department is currently composed of a full time Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, a half-time Fire Inspector and Public Education Officer and Administrative support staff. All other members are paid-on-call including:
- Four captains
- Four lieutenants
- 23 firefighters
Calls
Firefighters responded to over 400 calls in the 2017. The types of calls the department attends include:
- Structure fires
- Motor vehicle collisions
- Vehicle fires
- Hazardous material spills
- Grass and brush
- Medical/RCMP assists
- Dumpster fires
- Alarms ringing
- Miscellaneous public support calls
- Ice Rescue
- Down powerlines
- Rope Rescue
When firefighters are paged, they rally to their assigned fire station, gear up, and jump on the trucks.