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City of Waterloo Fire Rescue is updating the Fire Master Plan. As our city grows and develops, we need to review our Fire Services to meet the changing needs for public safety. The Fire Master Plan will guide the growth of fire protection services for the next 10 years, providing a strategic framework and recommendations to help Council meet our community’s changing needs for public education, fire prevention and fire suppression services.
The Fire Master Plan will include an assessment and analysis of current and forecasted fire protection, prevention and public education service delivery needs. As part of the review process to develop the updated Fire Master Plan, a consultant is reviewing emergency response capacity associated with changing trends such as:
traffic calming measures throughout the city
light rail transit (ION) infrastructure
high density redevelopment and intensification (more high-rise buildings requiring specialized vertical response)
our growing and aging population
The Fire Master Plan recommendations will also be supported by a 10-year implementation strategy for Council and staff.
How can I get involved?
We want to know what the community thinks, what you know about Waterloo Fire Rescue, the future of our community safety, and anything else that may influence our Fire Master Plan. You can review the background information on this project for more information, and we'd like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to our survey. You can always share any additional thoughts through our comments section, or directly with a member of the project team.
Subscribe to follow this project page for updates and more information about the master plan as we work through this project. Thank you for your participation as we continue shaping our fire safe community!
City of Waterloo Fire Rescue is updating the Fire Master Plan. As our city grows and develops, we need to review our Fire Services to meet the changing needs for public safety. The Fire Master Plan will guide the growth of fire protection services for the next 10 years, providing a strategic framework and recommendations to help Council meet our community’s changing needs for public education, fire prevention and fire suppression services.
The Fire Master Plan will include an assessment and analysis of current and forecasted fire protection, prevention and public education service delivery needs. As part of the review process to develop the updated Fire Master Plan, a consultant is reviewing emergency response capacity associated with changing trends such as:
traffic calming measures throughout the city
light rail transit (ION) infrastructure
high density redevelopment and intensification (more high-rise buildings requiring specialized vertical response)
our growing and aging population
The Fire Master Plan recommendations will also be supported by a 10-year implementation strategy for Council and staff.
How can I get involved?
We want to know what the community thinks, what you know about Waterloo Fire Rescue, the future of our community safety, and anything else that may influence our Fire Master Plan. You can review the background information on this project for more information, and we'd like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to our survey. You can always share any additional thoughts through our comments section, or directly with a member of the project team.
Subscribe to follow this project page for updates and more information about the master plan as we work through this project. Thank you for your participation as we continue shaping our fire safe community!
Waterloo Fire Rescue, funded through city property taxes, provides community-based education, prevention and emergency response services that contribute to public safety and quality of life. The Fire Master Plan is a document that will guide the growth of fire protection services for the next 10 years, providing recommendations to help Council meet our community’s changing needs for public education, fire prevention and fire suppression services. This will guide Waterloo Fire Rescue's work to prevent, prepare for and respond to matters associated with fire safety and risk as our community grows and changes over the next 10 years.
At the end of the survey, please include your name and contact information if you would like to be entered for a chance to win a guided tour for you and your family and friends of one of our fire stations!
The survey will be open through February 10, 2023.
Individual survey responses will not immediately be made available publicly, but your feedback (including overall results of polls and surveys, and in some instances, unidentifiable and randomly chosen quotes or comments from surveys) may be published in publicly available reports at the end of the consultation period. Please note, if you choose to provide personal information in your comments, it will be available for City staff reviewing responses to this survey. Responses to surveys are subject to Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.56 (as amended) and can be a part of a Freedom of Information request. For more information, please refer to our privacy policy.
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