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• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety which includes ensuring all homes are equipped with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code

• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety
• School tours

• Operates a volunteer fire department
• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires
• Provides fire safety and prevention education

NOTE: Offers only exterior fire fighting services; does NOT do interior rescues or water rescues

Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code

Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety which includes ensuring all homes are equipped (and annually inspected) with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety which includes ensuring all homes are equipped with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

Operates a volunteer fire department

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires
• Provides public fire safety and prevention education
• Participates in the Rainy River Mutual Aid Agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries
• Maintains a fire hall, pumper truck, tank truck and extrication kit with a crew of 14 firefighters

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety which includes ensuring all homes are equipped with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

Offers a full service health care facility which includes both acute and long term care

Provides a variety of services including:

• Acute care beds (3)
• Urgent care department
• Radiology department

Also provides access to:

• Chiropody services
• Diabetes educator
• Dietitian
• Individual counselling
• Physiotherapists

Loan Cupboard

Loans various items of medical equipment and supplies such as walkers, commodes and crutches

Responsible for emergency fire and rescue service to the community

• Provides fire prevention services including inspection and investigation
• Provides public fire education services

Provides the following services:

• Structural fire fighting including rescue
• Grass, brush and forestry fire fighting
• First response, tiered response and ambulance assistance
• Response to vehicle accidents including extrication services
• Hazardous material response
• Response to transportation incidents involving vehicles, trains, aircraft and water craft
• Performs water and ice rescue
• Performs high angle rescue
• Performs confined space rescue
• Participates in community emergency service plan
• Assistance to public, public utilities and police

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding small contained fires supervised at all times and used for cooking and warmth

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety
• School tours

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires
• Maintains a community fire hall

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety which includes ensuring all homes are equipped (and annually inspected) with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code
• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

Provides the following services:

• Auto extrication
• Education
• Emergency planning
• Fire investigation
• Fire suppression
• Hazardous materials information
• Home safety which includes ensuring (and annually inspecting) all homes are equipped with smoke alarms and charged fire extinguishers

• Responsible for the administration of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Maintains local and regional Heliports
• Maintains a fleet of ambulances, 12 vehicles distributed between four 4 stations

Station Locations

Atikokan Station
Physical Address: 114 Dorothy St
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1390 Atikokan, On P0T1C0
Non-emergency phone: 807-597-3972
Fax: 807-597-4281

Atikokan Administrative Office:
Rawn Road Centre
P.O. Box 1300 Atikokan, On P0T 1C0
Ph: 807-597-1431 Fax: 807-597-1493

Emo Station
Physical Address: 32 Florence St
Mailing Address: PO Box 126 Emo, On P0W 1E0
Non-emergency phone: 807-482-2984
Fax: 807-482-3633

Fort Frances Station
Physical Address: 801 Scott St
Mailing Address: 801 Scott Street Fort Frances, ON P9A 1J3
Non-emergency phone: 807-274-6952
Fax: 807-274-5637

Rainy River Station
Physical Address: 708 Atwood Ave
Mailing Address: PO Box 602, Rainy River, ON P0W 1L0
Non-emergency phone: 807-852-3159
Fax: 807-852-4227

Operates a full service 30-bed acute care facility

• Offers 3 intensive care beds, 2 labour and delivery rooms, and 25 medical and surgical beds
• Houses a surgical unit which includes a fully integrated operating room, day surgery, post anaesthesia, a recovery room, a pre admission clinic, endoscopy and cardiac stress testing
• Provides a 24 hour emergency department
• Offers services of a visiting orthopaedic surgeon on a monthly basis for total knee arthoplasty
• Offers services of various visiting specialists such as oncologists, pediatricians and geriatricians

Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunication Health (NORTH) Network

• Provides services of medical specialists to patients, family members and rural physicians via teleconferencing
• Provides support and advice to physicians for patient diagnoses and continuing care
• Provides access to professional health education

NOTE: Please do not call the emergency department seeking medical advice. Due to legal reasons the emergency department staff are unable to provide advice or information over the telephone

Provincial Telestroke Program offers the following services:

• Stroke coverage, available Mon-Sun 24 hours via Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
• Use of CritiCall Ontario to contact a neurologist
• Supports discussions between Emergency Department physicians and a neurologist regarding the treatment of stroke patients, including the administration of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA), an FDA approved drug used to treat strokes

Emergency room care

Provides diagnostic and treatment services for individuals who have acute life-threatening injuries or severe illnesses

Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program

• Provides initial emergency care only with the patient's informed consent
• Provides follow-up services accessible through the Victim Treatment Centre (VTC) follow-up Nurse

Emergency room care

Provides diagnostic and treatment services for individuals who have acute life-threatening injuries or severe illnesses

Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program

• Provides initial emergency care only with the patient's informed consent
• Provides follow-up services accessible through the Victim Treatment Centre (VTC) follow-up Nurse