The City’s 83 fire stations are being equipped with new beds, mattresses and other accessories to help our 3,000 plus firefighters.
The City is spending more than $1 million to provide new beds so its firefighters can rest.
A contract has been issued to Waterloo Mattresses Ltd., to supply, deliver and install mattresses, box springs, heavy duty bed frames, stow-away beds and posture boards to the City’s 83 fire stations.
There are more than 3,200 firefighters on the job and most work long or varied shifts and often take a nap to refresh as they await calls for service.
The contract was awarded by a City Bid Award Panel and is good for one year and worth about $1,015 million. The contract can be extended for four one-year periods.
Toronto firefighters work long hours and varied shifts and usually take well-deserved naps between service calls.
“The total potential contract award identified in this report is $1,014,052 including all applicable taxes and charges,” according to City documents.
Firefighters require a nap since Station A on Adelaide Street W., is the busiest in Canada due to its proximity to the heart of downtown Toronto and receives the most number of calls daily.
The station, which opened in 1971, at one time served as headquarters of the Toronto Fire Department until amalgamation in 1998. A pumper truck in Station 332 is the busiest fire truck in Canada, with 4,255 calls in 2014.
Station A on Adelaide Street W., in downtown Toronto, is the busiest fire station in Canada.
The service now receives more than 200,000 calls for service yearly and has more than 179 fire fighting vehicles.
Fire services in Toronto began in 1874 and consisted of volunteer fire companies. Before then fire services were composed of poorly trained volunteer companies in the city. The first company was created in 1826 and hook and ladder in 1831.
New bed gear from Waterloo Mattress are being purchased to rest our fearless firefighters.
Most were able bodied men who were trained to operate pumps to draw water from the lake. A wooden pumper truck presented to Toronto by British America Assurance Company around 1837 is now at Black Creek Pioneer Village.
Waterloo Mattress LTD is a locally owned manufacturing company with over 30 years of experience in the sleep industry. Their product professionals combine healthcare knowledge and industry standards in its mattresses.