Message From The Chief

Summerside Station.

The Summerside station has 38 men, 2-1992 Phoenix Pumpers, 1-1991 Emergency Response equipped with the Jaws of Life, airbags, medical equipment and other rescue tools, 1-1973 King Seagrave 65 ft aerial platform (to be replaced in Fall 2001) and a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4 used as the chief's vehicle.

The Summerside station has a top-of-the-line Jordair compressed air filling station, ice and water rescue craft equipped with rope and mustange ice rescue suit.

Every vehicle is equipped with 20 SCBAs, stokes basket and extra air bottles.

The Summerside station also has several pieces of antique fire apparatus including:

1931 Ford Ladder Truck equipment with wooden ladders
1883 Steam pumper
1800s hand pumper

The following chart represents the structure of the Summerside station of the Fire Services Department.

SUMMERSIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief: Jim Peters

STATION #1
Station Chief: Tom Peters

Engine #1

Captain Jim Arsenault
Lieutenant Bill Leuty

Engine #2
Captain Gary Gallant
Lieutenant Paul Olscamp

Platform
Captain Wilf Smith
Lieutenant Robbie Rankin

Emergency Response #1
Captain Roger MacKinnon
Lieutenant Steven Campbell

St. Eleanors Station.

The St. Eleanors' station is equipped with 22 Firefighters, and the following:

2 Pumper Trucks (1996 Metal Fab & 1983 Thibault)
1986 3000 gallon tanker truck
1987 rescue vehicle equipped with Jaws of Life, air bags, medical equipment, 15 SCBAs and extra air bottles.

The following chart represents the structure of the St. Eleanors station of the Fire Services Department.

SUMMERSIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief: Jim Peters

STATION #2
Station Chief: Jim Blacquiere

Engine #3