Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Vaughan, Ontario.

VFRS received a 100 per cent satisfaction rating in the City of Vaughan’s 2018 Citizen Survey.

The Training Division is currently undertaking the delivery of Ontario Fire College programs in-house.

VFRS is one of the fire departments in the GTA which has access to York University's Advanced Disaster, Emergency and Rapid-response Simulation (ADERSIM).

VFRS has used this model to analyze response times and other key performance indicators to in turn facilitate evidence-based decision-making for fire station location placement, the prioritization of new road networks, and allocation of resources.

Upon arrival, the division looks into it, and if they decide it is suspicious, they are responsible for contacting the Ontario Fire Marshall and York Regional Police to further investigate.

They do this using the current Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Standards and National Fire Protection Association guidelines as benchmarks.

Members of the Mechanical Division attend Emergency Vehicle Technician courses every year.

This technology was introduced in 2015 and it saves about 75 per cent of the energy typically used to run an idling fire truck.

[9] It is useful because upon arriving at an incident, firefighters cannot afford to waste precious time turning off the engine and lights.

VFRS's HAZMAT team responds to calls for gas leaks, toxic chemicals, electrical emergencies and carbon monoxide investigations.