Fire Department

Emergency Services

Call 911 in an emergency

SPFD responds to:

• Structural Fires

• Grass Fires

• Vehicle Fires

• Hazardous Materials Incidents

• Motor Vehicle Collisions

• Ice Rescues

• Medical first response through Alberta Health Services Medical First Responder program

We also provide:

• Fire Prevention Information

• Fire Inspections

• Fire Investigations

• Fire and Rescue training

Emergencies or disasters can happen any time and it is important to be prepared. Sign up for Alberta Emergency Alerts.

Make a 72-hour emergency preparedness kit to help take care of yourself and your family in an emergency. 

Emergency Kit Checklist (alberta.ca)

Stony Plain Emergency Preparedness Booklet

False Alarm Bylaw

The False Alarm Bylaw was created to help reduce false alarms, reduce significant financial impacts on the SPFD, and to keep Fire Services available to respond to true emergencies.

To help prevent false alarms, residents and business owners are encouraged to work with their alarm company and request phone contact prior to the alarm company contacting 9-1-1.

 Fee Schedule

• First Alarm - no charge
• Second Alarm - no charge
• Third and Subsequent Alarms - $250

Fire Pits

There are currently no bans on recreational fire pits within Town limits, but please check Fire Bans Alberta for up to date information.

You can have a fire pit in Stony Plain as long as you follow our fire pit guidelines and the open burning bylaw. We encourage safe and responsible burning when using your backyard fire pit.

We ask you to use caution when using any open fire. Adhere to the following steps to keep yourself and your property safe:

• Backyard fires must be kept small
• Fire pits cannot be used in close proximity to combustibles
• Keep a garden hose close by when enjoying your fire pit
• Only use clean, dry wood
• Ensure your fire pit has a mesh screen cover of 12mm or less
• Ensure your smoke is not impacting your neighbours  

Please contact us for open burn permits. 

Contact the Fire Department

Fire Prevention

Fire Prevention Week

October 6 to October 12

Smoke Alarms: Make Them Work For You

Today’s homes burn faster than ever. You may have as little as two minutes to safely escape a home fire from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Your ability to get out of a home during a fire depends on early warning from smoke alarms and advance planning.

Smoke alarms at home

Smoke alarms detect and alert people to a fire in the early stages. Smoke alarms can mean the difference between life and death in a fire! A working smoke alarm cuts the risk of dying in a home fire in half. Follow these helpful fire safety tips to keep up with fire safety in your home:

• Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every level of the home, including the basement
• Test smoke alarms at least once a month using the test button
• Make sure everyone in the home understands the sound of the smoke alarm and knows how to respond

• Ensure smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are tested and in good repair, they do not last forever. Follow manufactures recommendations on their life span, testing, and maintenance
• Change the battery in your alarms every 6 months, every time we adjust for daylight savings, change your smoke alarm batteries
• Regularly dust or vacuum your smoke alarms
• Use a combination of both hard-wired and battery-powered alarms.

To learn more about Fire Prevention Week and this year’s theme, visit

www.nfpa.org/fpw.

Fire Safety Inspections

We provide fire safety inspections upon request. During an inspection, SPFD looks for hazards such as: 

• Exit signs and emergency lighting that do not illuminate

• Fire extinguishers that require servicing

• Blocked or obstructed building exits

• Sprinklers that do not have enough room to work properly

• Combustible materials stored near sources of heat

The Stony Plain Fire Department is changing its Lock Box Program to improve Fire Department building access.

To learn more about the Knox eLock system, visit knoxbox.com

Contact the Fire Department at 780-963-3551 for more information or to request an inspection.

Fire Department History

The Stony Plain Fire Department was first established in 1908. The current station was opened in 2006.

Government of Alberta Videos

FireSmart teaches residents and stakeholders how to mitigate the risks and impacts of fires that affect communities and infrastructure.  

For more information, please visit FireSmart Alberta.

To learn more about wildfire prevention tips for OHVs, all-terrain vehicles, and other vehicles designed for travelling off public roads and on unpaved trails, scan the QR code or check out Open Alberta. 

Smoking materials are responsible for many preventable fires.  Every time you light a cigarette, you potentially increase the risk of an unintended fire.

While accidents happen, smoking related fires are almost always preventable.

If you're a smoker, if you have a smoker living in your home, or if you have a business or property where smoking happens, please consider the following tips:

The fire danger is changing

As more people have moved outside to smoke, there has been a shift in smoking related fires from indoors to outdoors.  Instead of the sofa or bed catching fire, fires in planters on balconies or decks have been a growing concern.  In dry conditions, it doesn't take much more than a butt tossed off a balcony or from a vehicle window to start a grassfire that could potentially affect an entire community.  Smoking outdoors may reduce risks inside, but it comes with a new set of risks outside!

Stubbing out safely

The best way to extinguish your cigarette is in a non-combustible container filled with non-combustible material.  That could be sand in a metal bucket, a can, or in a glass jar.  The most important thing to remember is that planters and flower pots are NEVER a safe place for cigarette butts.  The soil in planters or pots is not dirt, and often contains organic material that will burn or smoulder for hours.  You could think you've successfully stubbed out a cigarette in the morning, only to have the back of your house fully engulfed in flames in the afternoon.  Sand in an empty can is cheap and easy.  Replacing a home is not.

Cannabis and fire safety

While cannabis and tobacco burn differently, there are still similar risks associated with having any burning, smouldering product in your home.  Always have non-combustible ashtrays on hand and be careful to keep matches or lighters away from children.

Medical oxygen and smoking

If you're using medical oxygen, you shouldn't be smoking, and neither should anyone else in your home.  Medical oxygen saturates hair and fabrics (including clothing, bedding, and furniture), so even if you turn off the oxygen temporarily, the severe fire risk remains.  The same ban applies to candles and any other open flame, as the additional oxygen in your home's air can have unexpected effects on any flame.  The heat and intensity of oxygen-fed fires can be fatal.  If you have allowed smoking in your home or building in the past, put signs on your doors warning visitors as they enter that smoking is no longer allowed because of the extreme risk of fire and burns due to the presence of medical oxygen.