The City of Winnipeg is seeking an accomplished leader to serve as Chief of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS), who will continue to transition the Department into a healthy workplace that fosters a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion while maintaining the importance on providing life-saving services to Winnipeg residents, visitors, and businesses.

Winnipeg is a thriving, growing city located at the centre of Canada, with approximately 850,000 residents and a variety of neighbourhoods to call home. Our four-season city is surrounded by a mixture of open prairie, dense forests, and hundreds of lakes. Winnipeg is a culturally diverse city, where more than 100 languages are spoken. Over 26 per cent of the population are immigrants, and over 12 percent of Winnipeg’s population identify as Indigenous. The city also has a robust French population.

The WFPS delivers an integrated emergency response services, with more than 1,400 employees, including a team of dedicated front-line emergency staff plus personnel in 911 communications, training, public education, and fire prevention. The Department has an annual operating budget of $267 million, with a large multi-year capital budget. The Chief is responsible for the operations of fire, rescue, paramedic, emergency management, and related services, and, through study and consultation with City officials, for developing recommendations for the protection of life and property within Winnipeg. The Chief will interact and collaborate with multiple stakeholders within the City and Province, including, but not limited to elected officials, other senior civic administrators, civic unions, media, the public, interest and community groups, health authorities, emergency measures and law enforcement agencies, and members of the business sector.



The Chief commands and coordinates emergency resources and operations at major incidents. On a scheduled rotational basis, the Chief is required to attend emergency incidents as necessary on a 24/7 basis.

The Chief will have a strong background providing strategic vision, leading high level change initiatives, motivating others, and building relationships. You will have experience delivering services that are consistently striving to be more productive, effective, and customer oriented, as the Department needs to continuously improve, innovate, and respond to the increasingly complex social, health, environmental, and economic challenges facing our City.

As the Fire and Paramedic Chief, you will :

- Assume the role as a key member of our senior leadership team and will have overall accountability for a department responsible for providing fire and rescue response, medical response, fire and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response.
- Lead, direct, and manage the day-to-day operations of the department through senior managers and staff. This includes direction of a large, complex and diverse scope of services.
- Attend major fire and other emergency scenes, providing support and direction for incident commanders. Take actions necessary to ensure a high degree of safety for the public and department personnel, within the scope of existing legislation and ensures the initiation of effective Paramedic,



Fire/Rescue operations and other mitigation efforts.
- Direct the recruitment, deployment, development, and performance management of departmental personnel.
- Provides oversight on the Departmental process of handling requests for information received under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Personal Health Information Act (PHIA); reviews and makes determination on both of these public requests.
- Direct the preparation and submission of annual budget estimates for current and capital expenditures and revenues. Ensure systems and processes are in place to provide the control of costs and recording of revenues consistent with effective budget management.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with the community, unions, media, and other agencies. In addition, maintain close liaison with Federal, Provincial, and other Municipal authorities on matters related to the operations of the Department. Participate as a member of the City’s Senior Management Team in developing and setting strategies to deliver the mandates provided to the City Administration by Council.
- Promote and facilitates public relations, public education, and media relations activities by providing assistance, making presentations, and participating in special activities.

Your education and qualifications include :

- University degree or post secondary education in Public Sector Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, Public Safety, Emergency Management or a related field. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience working at a senior management level in a related role may be considered.
- Accredited training in Level I & II Fire Fighting, Pr

📌 Fire and Paramedic Chief (Winnipeg)
🏢 City of Winnipeg
📍 Winnipeg