Ontario. Aviation and Fire Management Centre

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Aviation and Fire Management Centre

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Aviation and Fire Management Centre

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1978-1991

      History

      The Aviation and Fire Management Centre was formed in 1978 within the Ministry of Natural Resources, where it formed part of the Forest Resources Group. It resulted from a merger of the former Forest Fire Control Branch and Air Service Branch.

      The centre was replaced by the Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch in 1991.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Aviation and Fire Management Centre co- ordinated the operation and maintenance of the Ontario provincial air fleet. It also co-ordinated provincial fire management operations, the research and development of forest fire equipment and systems, forest fire training, and a provincial fire prevention program in co-operation with the regions.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources (1972-2014)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA17

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources controls Ontario. Aviation and Fire Management Centre

      Dates of relationship

      1978-1991

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Air Service Branch (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA617

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Air Service Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Aviation and Fire Management Centre

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Forest Fire Control Branch (1972-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA538

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Forest Fire Control Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Aviation and Fire Management Centre

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch (1991-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA671

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch is the successor of Ontario. Aviation and Fire Management Centre

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA620

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          KWIC Index to Services, 1991-1992

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure