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 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
Members represented Welland in Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Toronto, while members back home to a moment of silence.
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Peter
representing Welland in Toronto service.
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Connie
Memorial statue gently touching the head of our Connie
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B-2 platoon
Members of B-2 Platoon presented in Full Dress uniform
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Toronto Memorial
Firefighters Marching in Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Toronto.
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Calendar Cover
2007 Welland Fire Fighters Charity Calendar. (available online from the homepage)
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Parade
Firefighters taking life too serious, preparing for parade with our new truck.
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FPO 1
Fire Prevention Officers are responsible for public education,and building inspection. (just to name a few)
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Training Officer
Training with High Angle rope in Niagara Falls Canada.(Sneaking out of the office early.LOL)
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FPO 2
Fire inspectors, always service with a smile.
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B-2 Platoon
Shift posing in front of Aerial Truck.
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Gas Well incident
Firefighters wrapping up after a very long incident.
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Captain's Exam
2005, Captain's exam successful graduates.
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Wave
FF waving good-bye (or hello).
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A-1 platoon
Shift photo taken in front of Aerial #2
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B-1 Platoon
Christmas time shift photo with B-1 platoon.
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A-2 Platoon
Platoon finally resting for a good meal.
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FF
Platoon Chief spreading christmas cheer.
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PC Labenski Award
Platoon Chief Labenski accepting the Firefighter of the year award from his Deputy Chief.
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FF and Paramedics
Firefighters and Paramedics work closely together, while assisting persons in need of medical help.
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Dan Evokovich
Fire Prevention Officer, with Sparky the fire Safety Dog
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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.)
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Firefighters
Firefighters from your community.
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Year 2002 Recruits
Firefighters that were recruited in 2002.
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A-1 Shift
Firefighters from A-1 platoon pose for a picture.
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Calendar Cover 2004
One of the proposed calendar cover pages for 2004.
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FF
Welland's finest posing during a rehabilitation break.
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Fire Ground photo
Firefighting is a dirty job..
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Young and Old
Firefighters rely on one another, Years of education and training are passed in moments on the fire ground.
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Christmas Dinner at the firehall
1973 Christmas dinner at Central Firehall.
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Credit union and Firefighters
Posing atop a fire department pumper.
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Eric on Pump #3
Firefighter Eric on Pump #3 stationed at station #3 (aka. Westside).
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Joel on Pump #3
Firefighter Joel on Pump #3, stationed at Stn #3, (aka Westside).
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