Waverley is a suburban community of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Waverley was first settled by Charles Pillsbury Allen who established a chair factory in the area.

Waverley became a boom town with highly skilled gold miners coming from Germany and England.

Saloons, hotels, camp followers and the usual trappings of a gold town sprang up quickly, and there were even instances of murders and riots.

WFD vehicles also had the distinction of being the only ones in the local fire district at the time of being painted yellow; an homage to the village's gold mining history.

Presently only those vehicles remaining in service from pre-amalgamation with their original yellow paint still carry Gus' image.

On September 3, 1998, the organisation undertook the largest Mutual Aid Search operation in Nova Scotia's history.