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Fire Services

Kenora Fire and Emergency Services provides fire protection services for the residents of the City of Kenora and neighbouring communities.

We have three fire stations and a fleet of emergency vehicles. The Fire Chief leads a team of 12 career firefighters and over 40 local paid-per-call firefighters.

We provide fire safety and prevention education, including tours of our facilities.

You can purchase a burning permit or schedule a fire inspection.

Location

You can find us at Fire Station One at 100 Fourteenth Street North, Kenora.

Dial 911

If you have an emergency, call 911.

Fees for emergency services

View our fees for various emergency services.

Item Description Fee
Inspections and licensing

LCBO License Renewal or Site Inspection/Compliance Letter

$75.00 Charitable Fund Raisers Exempt

 Inspection

Day Care/Group Home

License Site Inspection/copy/Release of Fire Inspection Report

(includes follow-up inspection)

$100.00

Real estate requests

Single Family Dwelling site Inspection/Copy/Release of Fire Inspection Report (includes follow-up inspection)

$150.00

 

Assembly Occupancies Site Inspection Copy/Release of Fire Inspection Report (includes follow-up inspection)

$150.00

 

Boarding, Lodging and Rooming Houses Site Inspection/Copy/Release of Fire Inspection Report (includes follow-up inspection)

$150.00

 

Buildings up to and including six storeys in building height with residential occupancies Site Inspection/Copy/Release of Fire Inspection Report (includes follow-up inspection)

$300.00

 

Two-unit Residential Occupancies Site Inspection/copy/Release of Fire Inspection Report (includes follow-up inspection)

$150.00

 

Business/Personal Service/Mercantile and Industrial Occupancies Site Inspection/Copy

$250.00

Other administrative requests

Fire inspection reports or investigation reports e.g. Insurance adjustors' requests, company/other requests.

$50.00

 

Fire Inspection Service outside of City boundaries

Full cost recovery

 

Open Air Burning Permit

$15.00

 

Site Inspection of Open Air Special Burning Permit

$75.00

 

Fireworks Site Inspection/Copy/Release of Inspection Report

$75.00

 

Portable Fire Extinguisher Inspections

$75.00

Avoidable false alarms

Avoidable False Alarms – in excess of two (2) incidents per calendar year

Fees are as per current rates set by Ministry of Transportation i.e. 2020 rate is $485.00/unit for first hour and $242.50 for every half hour or part thereof

Training

Portable Fire Extinguisher Training

$20.00/student to a maximum cost of $200.00 per two (2) hour training session

 

Requested Training and Lectures inside City boundaries

$20.00/student to a maximum cost of $200.00 or as per Chiefs discretion

 

Training and Lectures outside City boundaries

Full Cost recovery

 

Training Room Rental

$150.00 per full day

$75.00 per half day

Fire prevention sign rental

Event per 10 day sign rental

$50.00

Partners are free of charge

Item Description Fee

Fire watch as required

Fire Watch e.g. fire alarm system failures

Full Cost Recovery

Emergency response to motor vehicle incidents on Highway 17 involving non-City residents

Emergency response to Motor Vehicle Collisions on numbered Provincial Highways as per Ministry of Transportation agreements

Fees are as per current rates set by Ministry of Transportation i.e. 2020 rate is $485.00/unit for first hour and $242.50 for every half hour or part thereof

Emergency services outside of City boundaries

 

Full Cost Recovery

Hazardous materials response

 

Full Cost Recovery

Fire response – Indemnification Technology®

Recovered from insured perils for Fire Department emergency services.

Fees are as per current rates set by Ministry of Transportation i.e. 2020 rate is $ 485.00/unit for first hour and $ 242.50 for every half hour or part thereof

Item Description Fee
Air bottles

Filling of air bottles for area Fire and Emergency Services

$15.00 per bottle

 

Filling of air bottles for Industry

$20.00 per bottle

Hose

Cleaning and drying

$5.00 per length

 

Rental

$5.00 per length per day

 

Coupling repair

$25.00 per coupling

Laundering of protective clothing

 

$25.00 per set of turnout gear

Parking

Monthly rate per parking stall

$50.00 plus HST

Contact Us

City of Kenora
1 Main Street South
Kenora ON P9N3X2

Phone: 807-467-2000
After hours: 807-467-2080

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Closed on Holidays

 

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