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The Men and Women of the Welland Fire and Emergency services.

 Firefighters wear Silver trimmed uniforms and officers of Captain and Platoon Chief wear gold coloured trim.

Platoon Chief is the highest Rank in the Suppression division and is responsible for the overall operations during an emergency. Platoon Chief is identified by 3 stripes on both sleeves, epaulettes and head dress.

Captain

Captain is the highest rank in a station and immediately following a Platoon Chief in rank. A Captain is responsible for the general operations at an incident and will oversee the preformance of a crew operating at an emergency.

Peter and Dave

Peter and Dave

Members represented Welland in Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Toronto, while members back home to a moment of silence.

Peter

Peter

representing Welland in Toronto service.

Connie

Connie

Memorial statue gently touching the head of our Connie

B-2 platoon

B-2 platoon

Members of B-2 Platoon presented in Full Dress uniform

Toronto Memorial

Toronto Memorial

Firefighters Marching in Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Toronto.

Calendar Cover

Calendar Cover

2007 Welland Fire Fighters Charity Calendar. (available online from the homepage)

Parade

Parade

Firefighters taking life too serious, preparing for parade with our new truck.

FPO 1

FPO 1

Fire Prevention Officers are responsible for public education,and building inspection. (just to name a few)

Training Officer

Training Officer

Training with High Angle rope in Niagara Falls Canada.(Sneaking out of the office early.LOL)

FPO 2

FPO 2

Fire inspectors, always service with a smile.

B-2 Platoon

B-2 Platoon

Shift posing in front of Aerial Truck.

Gas Well incident

Gas Well incident

Firefighters wrapping up after a very long incident.

Captain's Exam

Captain's Exam

2005, Captain's exam successful graduates.

Wave

Wave

FF waving good-bye (or hello).

A-1 platoon

A-1 platoon

Shift photo taken in front of Aerial #2

B-1 Platoon

B-1 Platoon

Christmas time shift photo with B-1 platoon.

A-2 Platoon

A-2 Platoon

Platoon finally resting for a good meal.

FF

FF

Platoon Chief spreading christmas cheer.

PC Labenski Award

PC Labenski Award

Platoon Chief Labenski accepting the Firefighter of the year award from his Deputy Chief.

FF and Paramedics

FF and Paramedics

Firefighters and Paramedics work closely together, while assisting persons in need of medical help.

Dan Evokovich

Dan Evokovich

Fire Prevention Officer, with Sparky the fire Safety Dog

FireFighter Fitness

FireFighter Fitness

Just as everyone imagines, firefighters train to keep in top physical conditioning. (as illustrated in this out-take from the WPFFA 2004 Calendar.)

Firefighters

Firefighters

Firefighters from your community.

Year 2002 Recruits

Year 2002 Recruits

Firefighters that were recruited in 2002.

A-1 Shift

A-1 Shift

Firefighters from A-1 platoon pose for a picture.

Calendar Cover 2004

Calendar Cover 2004

One of the proposed calendar cover pages for 2004.

FF

FF

Welland's finest posing during a rehabilitation break.

Fire Ground photo

Fire Ground photo

Firefighting is a dirty job..

Young and Old

Young and Old

Firefighters rely on one another, Years of education and training are passed in moments on the fire ground.

Christmas Dinner at the firehall

Christmas Dinner at the firehall

1973 Christmas dinner at Central Firehall.

Credit union and Firefighters

Credit union and Firefighters

Posing atop a fire department pumper.

Eric on Pump #3

Eric on Pump #3

Firefighter Eric on Pump #3 stationed at station #3 (aka. Westside).

Joel on Pump #3

Joel on Pump #3

Firefighter Joel on Pump #3, stationed at Stn #3, (aka Westside).