Strathcona County Fire Fighters Union Local 2461 is a member of the International Association of Fire Fighters, representing 133 members of Strathcona County Emergency Services.  Strathcona County is located in Alberta, Canada.  The county is  situated around Sherwood Park, a specialized municipality,  just east of the provincial capital  Edmonton. Emergency Services staff serve  84,000 residents and major industries   in both rural and urban areas. The County's area of 1268 square kilometers  includes the urban centre of Sherwood Park and a surrounding rural area with rural hamlets, acreage developments, farms and significant industrial applications. 

Strathcona County Fire Fighters became affiliated with the International  Association of Fire Fighters on September 16, 1975.  The local originally consisted of 16 members.

Our rapidly changing local represents 102 members; 12 full time Communications centre staff, 126 Fire Fighters, Division Chief, Captain and Lieutenant of OH&S / Training , Fire Marshal and Captain of Fire Prevention.  Our members work out of 3 stations providing advanced life support ambulance, fire suppression and rescue services. 

Our emergency response members are trained as fire fighters, and are  also, registered paramedics and EMT's .  The alarms ring in the hall and we respond in the appropriate vehicles for the response, often working as a team at vehicle collisions requiring extrication and EMS. The same can be said at  structure fires.  Our fire fighters can provide suppression and rescue efforts while providing a high level of medical care without waiting for a separate service.

Our dynamic and ever evolving department is proud to provide the highest level of service to the community.  Over the past few years we have been building a Technical Rescue Team, and are currently establishing a Water / Ice Rescue Team.

Take a look at Strathcona County Emergency Services Recruitment video.  VIDEO

Our past two years call volume are as stated:

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Updated February 27,  2010