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EMERGENCY SERVICES
The Township of Terrace Bay is extremely proud of the dedication and level of professionalism it receives from the men and women and their families associated with the delivery of emergency services.
Firefighter Services
The Terrace Bay fire department provides a volunteer basis service with coverage throughout the boundaries of Terrace Bay (Schreiber fire department similarly covers their region). Hydrants are located throughout town and the organization is conducted within Ontario regulations for this type of service.
The fire department has an organizational structure that includes:
- Fire Chief – Tracy Anderson
- Deputy Chief – Dan Boucher
- Captain – Mike Gould, Moe Stark, Ray Stachiw
- Lieutenants – Jeff Pope, Paul Tonin
- And various firefighters for a total roster of approximately 20 people
The fire department has two fire engines, a triple combination pumper, a vehicle extraction truck, and a Suburban for carrying personnel as required. For more information please visit the fire department page.
Ambulance Services
Ambulance service is delivered through Superior North EMS which is responsible for the District of Thunder Bay. The organization has 3 full-time primary care paramedics and 2 part-time primary care paramedics. The Terrace Bay station uses a 2003 Demers Type I Single Stretcher ambulance and has a service area 7kms West of Terrace Bay, 40 kms East, and North to Mill Road. In 2007, the Terrace Bay station received 209 calls and had a 90th Percentile Response Time of 10.05 minutes which means that 90% of all emergency calls (code 4) responded to had an ambulance at the scene in 10.05 minutes or less, and in 10% of the calls it took an ambulance longer than 10.05 minutes to arrive at the scene.
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Terrace Bay EMS Station
2 Cartier Drive,
Terrace Bay, ON P0T 2W0
Leadhand: Jonathan Woodbeck,
Phone: 807-825-3377
Fax: 807-825-3291
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For more information, please visit the Terrace Bay Station on the
Police Services
The Township of Terrace Bay has a policing contract with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) department which covers the region. The contact information for the OPP switchboard is 1-888-310-1122 or in an emergency please call 9-1-1.
The OPP is one of North America's largest deployed police services with more than 5,400 uniformed officers, 2,000 civilian employees and 850 Auxiliary Officers focused on the organization's dual priorities of "Safe Communities" and "A Secure Ontario".
The OPP maintains approximately 163 local detachment and satellite offices throughout the province, in addition to OPP General Headquarters, five Regional Headquarters locations and the Highway Safety Division. The OPP places a significant emphasis on services related to community-level policing and to traffic safety. Members of the O.P.P. work collaboratively with municipal leaders, police services boards, community policing advisory committees and community groups to plan and deliver quality, front-line municipal and First Nations' policing and law enforcement at the local level.
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