As a Fire Chief, it is my experience that one of the best tools for fighting fires is early notification of an event. The sooner a firefighting team can respond to a fire, the better the chance of minimizing loss of life and property.

Brampton Fire & Emergency Services has become one of the first Fire Departments in Canada to implement the newest, most innovative technology in fire notification systems, Open Access. Open Access allows the fire alarms from any Alarm company customer to be electronically transmitted within seconds directly into our Fire Department Dispatch Computer.

Through Open Access, alarms are received much faster than with conventional phone calls, location information is automatically displayed eliminating the possibility of incorrect address information being relayed, and your monitoring company also receives the alarm assuring that no incident goes unacknowledged. Open Access is the only technology available today that offers all these features.

Open access not only provides faster notification to the Fire Department, but also reduces costly False Alarm dispatches.

Brampton Fire and Emergency Services endorses the benefits of Open Access and recommends that you contact your alarm Monitoring Company, or contact Fire Prevention for a list of Monitoring Companies participating in Open Access.