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{{Infobox fire department
| name             = Service de protection contre les incendies de Québec
| logo             = [[Image:Spciq.png|Spciq.png|210px]]
| motto            = 
| established      = 2002
| stations         = 16
| staffing         = Career
| engines          = 
| trucks           = 
| squads/Rescues   = 
| hazmat units     = 
| high rise units  = 
| air/light units  = 
| tankers          = 
| chief            = Christian Paradis (as director)

| FirstResponderBLSorALS   =  BLS
| website          = {{URL|ville.quebec.qc.ca/incendie}}
}}

'''Service de protection contre les incendies de Québec''' (SPCIQ, ''Quebec City Fire Protection Service'') is responsible for fire prevention and suppression in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. The [[fire department]] responds to vehicle accidents, [[hazardous materials]] ([[HAZMAT]]) calls, technical rescue (high-angle and confined space), ice and water rescue, wildfires and many other situations in which citizens are in need of external help.

==History==

Professional fire fighting in Quebec began in 1765, but the current force was created by amalgamation of several area fire services in 2002:

* Québec: provided fire protection to Charlesbourg, Beauport and Vanier before amalgamation
* [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec City|Sainte-Foy]]: provided fire protection to Cap-Rouge and l'Ancienne-Lorette
* [[Sillery, Quebec City|Sillery]]
* [[Val-Bélair]]
* [[Loretteville]]
* [[Saint-Émile, Quebec City|Saint-Émile]]
* [[Lac-Saint-Charles, Quebec City|Lac Saint-Charles]]
* [[Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures]]
* Duberger
* Neufchâtel

Despite presence of a fire service, Quebec suffered two devastating fires:

===Quebec fires of 1845===

In 1845 Quebec would face two devastating fires resulting in 50 deaths, 3000 buildings lost, 22,000 residents losing their homes or business and caused extensive damage to the two-thirds of the city outside of the Fortification thus sparing [[Old Quebec]] (La Basse-Ville de Québec):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quebec City Fire|url=https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24091 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=teachinghistory.org}}</ref>

* May 28 - the first fire that began in a tannery on rue Arago and burned down wood structures in the Lower Town and [[Saint-Roch, Quebec City|Saint-Roch]] area
* June 28 - the second fire began in the Upper Town, in St. Jean (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) and St. Louis ([[Parliament Hill (Quebec City)|Parliament Hill]])

===Great Fire of Quebec 1866===

A fire at a store on rue St. Joseph on 14 October 1866 resulted in 2500-3000 buildings lost, 7 deaths and 20,000 residents homeless.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tolkien2008.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/le-grand-incendie-de-1866-quebec-14-octobre-1866/|title = Le grand incendie de 1866 &#91;Québec, 14 octobre 1866&#93;|date = 2 December 2012}}</ref> Wind and lack of water resulted in extensive damage (significant part of the [[Saint-Sauveur, Quebec City|Saint-Sauveur]] neighbourhood razed) but [[Saint-Roch, Quebec City|Saint Roch]] was spared with less fire damage.

==Ranks==

Besides regular firefighter, SPCIQ has other ranks:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssiq.ca/article/etat-major|title = État-major et Commissariat aux incendies de la Ville de Québec}}</ref>

* Logistics platoon leader
* Chief of logistics operations
* Platoon leader
* Chief operating officer
* Chief of operations
* Platoon chief
* SST platoon chief
* Deputy director - operations
* Deputy director - strategic and administrative affairs
* Director

==Operations==

There are 16 stations (numbered 1-17 with the exception of 14:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/incendie/casernes.aspx |title=Ville de Québec - Casernes et véhicules |website=www.ville.quebec.qc.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722010806/http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/incendie/casernes.aspx |archive-date=2015-07-22}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
|- valign=bottom
!Station
!Area
!Address
!Build year
!Notes
|-
| 1 || St.- Jean || 140, rue Saint-Jean || 1972 || Built as Station 12 and renumbered in 1983. It is the departments Headquarters and home to the only tiller aerial units in Canada.
|-
| 2 || Des Capucins || 470, boulevard des Capucins || 2008 || Home to the high-angle and confined space (technical rescue) units. Originally Station 3 until 1983.
|-
| 3 || Saint-Sauveur || 600, avenue des Oblats || 1893 || Additions added 1912 and restored 1990. Home to a water and ice rescue unit and originally Station 8 until 1983. It is one of Canada's oldest stations.
|-
| 4 || Saint-Odile || 70, rue des Pins Ouest || 1968 || Built to replace Station 11, renumbered as Station 7 in 1983 and again in 1992 as Station 4.
|-
| 5 || Duberger || 2345, rue de la Rivière-du-Berger || 1967 || Formerly built for Ville de Duberger Fire Service then merged with Quebec in 1971 as Station 2 and renumbered as Station 5 in 1983. Home to HAZMAT decon unit.
|-
| 6 || L'Ormière || 8005, rue des Soulois || 2019 || Formerly built for Ville de Neufchâtel Fire Service then merged with Quebec in 1971 as Station 4 and renumbered as Station 6 in 1983. It was rebuilt in 2019.
|-
| 7 || Beauport-Sud || 255, rue Clemenceau || 1978 || Formerly built for Ville de Beauport as fire station and court house, renovated 1989 and renumbered as Station 7 in 1993.
|-
| 8 || Charlesbourg || 4252, place Orsainville || 1976 || Formerly built for Ville de Charlesbourg and became station 8 in 1994. Home to an off-road rescue and brush fire unit.
|-
| 9 || Sainte Foy || 1130, route de l'Église || 1994 || Became Station 9 in 2002 and previously built for Ville de Sainte Foy.
|-
| 10 || Champigny || 1808, avenue Jules-Verne || 2023 || Formerly built for Ville de Sainte Foy and numbered as Station 10 in 2002. Rebuilt in 2023.
|-
| 11 || Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures || 183, route 138 Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures || 2011 ||
|-
| 12 || Val-Bélair || 2056, avenue Industrielle || 2009 || Home to an off-road rescue and brush fire unit. Formerly built to replace old Ville de Val-Bélair fire station after amalgamation in 2002.
|-
| 13 || Lebourgneuf || 770, rue des Rocailles || 2008 || Home to the HAZMAT rescue units as well as Club Appel 99.
|-
| 15 || Sillery || 1445, avenue Maguire || 1965 || Formerly built for Ville de Sillery to house fire station, town hall and police station and became Station 15 in 2002. Renovated in 2004.
|-
| 16 || Saint-Émile || 2528, avenue Lapierre || 2016 || Replaced old Ville de Saint-Émile station/municipal garage built 1980, became Station 13 in 2002 and renumbered as Station 16 in 2005. Home to a water and ice rescue unit.
|-
| 17 || Beauport-Nord || 2681, boulevard Louis-XIV || 2008 || Home to a water and ice rescue unit.
|}

==Water and ice rescue==

Quebec City uses small vessels with outboard motor mainly for water rescue operations. Known vessels include:

* Airsolid 16' inflatable rescue boat
* NAV 16 inflatable rescue boat

Rapid Deployment Craft are unpowered inflatable vessel used for ice rescue operations.

Major fire suppression can be assisted by [[Canadian Coast Guard]] vessels stationed nearby along the St. Lawrence River. Water and ice rescue is further assisted by the [[Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre Quebec]].

==See also==

* [[Service de police de la Ville de Québec]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/incendie/index.aspx Quebec City Fire Department]
* [http://www.pompiersdequebec.org Quebec City Firefighters' Union]

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