Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service in Waverley West

The public is invited to visit the new modular station in Waverley West at 130 Eaglewood Drive on Saturday, January 11, 2025 from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) is committed to providing efficient emergency response to all residents of Winnipeg.

WFPS Waverley West Station

The temporary WFPS station in Waverley West is open at 130 Eaglewood Drive. It houses a fire crew and engine and a paramedic crew and ambulance.

WFPS is working toward construction of a new permanent station on the site of the South Winnipeg Recreation Campus in Waverley West, at the corner of Bison Drive and Ruth Crossing between Kenaston Boulevard and Waverley Street.

Background

On June 26, 2020, City Council approved the WFPS's 2020 Strategic Direction, to ensure current and future demands for fire and paramedic service are met.

The Strategic Direction noted that many of the stations needed total replacement or renovations, as they did not meet the needs of a modern emergency service.

The Strategic Direction also found that some stations were not ideally located to provide timely response in emergencies. In other cases, the area that a station is responsible to cover in an emergency overlapped with another.

The Strategic Direction recommended adding a new fire-paramedic station in Waverley West with a proposed location in the Bison Drive/Brady Road area.

While the exact location proposed was unavailable, WFPS secured available land at the closest appropriate location on City-owned land as part of the future South Winnipeg Recreation Campus. Analysis shows that this location will allow the WFPS to provide good coverage to current and future development in the area.

WFPS is currently working to combine Station 9, located at 864 Marion St., and Station 15, located at 1083 Autumnwood Dr. into a new, modern station on the site of the previous Station 15 and the former library next to it.

One of the fire engines and crews from the old Stations 9 and 15 will move to the new Waverley West station. The move to combine the stations will not impact emergency response times in that area, as the coverage areas for the two stations currently overlap.

Construction of the new Station 9 began in 2023. It’s expected to open in 2025.

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