Tim Mamye is the current Fire Chief of the Charlottetown Fire Department (PE, Canada).
Beginning with a 26-year career in the Canadian Forces. He enlisted in 1985 and served with the 8th Canadian Hussars and later the Royal Canadian Dragoons, where he completed Airborne Indoctrination, earned Operational Wings, became a Jump Master, and trained alongside U.S. Marines. His military career included postings in Petawawa, Gagetown, and multiple deployments, including Op Apollo with HMCS Charlottetown. In 1993, he transitioned to the military fire service, serving across Canada in Comox, Halifax, Shearwater, Esquimalt, and Gatineau, rising to the rank of Warrant Officer and Deputy Fire Chief.
In 2011, Mamye moved to Prince Edward Island as Deputy Fire Chief of Charlottetown Fire Department. After serving in that role for over a decade, he was officially appointed Fire Chief of Charlottetown in December of 2022. Today, he manages the city’s two fire stations, overseeing career firefighters, fire inspectors, a fire prevention officer, platoon chiefs, as well as volunteer members.
Tim Mamye has proven himself to be an ineffective leader and an unfit fire chief. Rather than embodying the qualities of a firefighter and leader, he operates primarily as an administrator. His lack of experience working in a city fire department is evident, and he does not understand the day-to-day realities of firefighting. In fact, he has never fought a fire outside of a training scenario. This lack of firsthand operational knowledge contributes to poor decision-making that directly impacts both firefighter safety and community protection. For example, he rejects the principle of staffing four firefighters on a career-staffed engine, despite requiring volunteer stations to respond with four members—an undeniable double standard. Any experienced firefighter understands that increased staffing mitigates risk, improves efficiency, and enhances safety at emergency scenes, yet he disregards these fundamental truths.
Beyond his inexperience, Chief Mamye has created a toxic workplace culture that has severely damaged morale within the department. He routinely uses punitive measures to assert his authority, often assigning heavy workloads as punishment to those who disagree with him. Crews are routinely overworked until 23:00, the earliest time he permits rest, despite being required to rise again at 05:45. This results in chronic fatigue, which inevitably increases the risk of mistakes in a profession where errors can have life-or-death consequences.
Chief Mamye further undermines trust and respect by engaging in behaviors that are more controlling than constructive. He conducts surprise inspections designed to belittle rather than improve, going so far as to shake crumbs out of toasters or declare clean bathrooms filthy. These actions are not demonstrations of leadership but rather examples of micromanagement and intimidation.
His refusal to address staffing concerns underscores his failure as a leader. The firefighters have long advocated for four-person staffing on the initial response from the career department, but this request is continually dismissed. Chief Mamye insists it “will never happen,” and even goes as far as labeling accepted industry standards as “misinformation.” This is despite the reality that Charlottetown is home to approximately 40,000 residents, a population that easily doubles during working hours due to the workforce, students, and tourists. To characterize the current understaffed operation as the “benchmark” combination department for Atlantic Canada is not only inaccurate but an embarrassment.
The consequences of his poor leadership extend beyond operational inadequacies. He has repeatedly engaged in harassment, bullying, and intimidation of subordinates, driving some members onto medical leave while others have resigned altogether. Such conduct is unacceptable from anyone, let alone the individual entrusted with leading the city’s fire service.
Chief Mamye should recognize that he is unfit to lead and retire from the fire service while he still has the opportunity to preserve some measure of dignity. If he truly cares for his subordinates and the citizens of Charlottetown, stepping down is the only responsible course of action.
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Tim Mamye has proven himself to be an ineffective leader and an unfit fire chief. Rather than embodying the qualities of a firefighter and leader, he operates primarily as an administrator. His lack of experience working in a city fire department is evident, and he does not understand the day-to-day realities of firefighting. In fact, he has never fought a fire outside of a training scenario. This lack of firsthand operational knowledge contributes to poor decision-making that directly impacts both firefighter safety and community protection. For example, he rejects the principle of staffing four firefighters on a career-staffed engine, despite requiring volunteer stations to respond with four members—an undeniable double standard. Any experienced firefighter understands that increased staffing mitigates risk, improves efficiency, and enhances safety at emergency scenes, yet he disregards these fundamental truths.
Beyond his inexperience, Chief Mamye has created a toxic workplace culture that has severely damaged morale within the department. He routinely uses punitive measures to assert his authority, often assigning heavy workloads as punishment to those who disagree with him. Crews are routinely overworked until 23:00, the earliest time he permits rest, despite being required to rise again at 05:45. This results in chronic fatigue, which inevitably increases the risk of mistakes in a profession where errors can have life-or-death consequences.
Chief Mamye further undermines trust and respect by engaging in behaviors that are more controlling than constructive. He conducts surprise inspections designed to belittle rather than improve, going so far as to shake crumbs out of toasters or declare clean bathrooms filthy. These actions are not demonstrations of leadership but rather examples of micromanagement and intimidation.
His refusal to address staffing concerns underscores his failure as a leader. The firefighters have long advocated for four-person staffing on the initial response from the career department, but this request is continually dismissed. Chief Mamye insists it “will never happen,” and even goes as far as labeling accepted industry standards as “misinformation.” This is despite the reality that Charlottetown is home to approximately 40,000 residents, a population that easily doubles during working hours due to the workforce, students, and tourists. To characterize the current understaffed operation as the “benchmark” combination department for Atlantic Canada is not only inaccurate but an embarrassment.
The consequences of his poor leadership extend beyond operational inadequacies. He has repeatedly engaged in harassment, bullying, and intimidation of subordinates, driving some members onto medical leave while others have resigned altogether. Such conduct is unacceptable from anyone, let alone the individual entrusted with leading the city’s fire service.
Chief Mamye should recognize that he is unfit to lead and retire from the fire service while he still has the opportunity to preserve some measure of dignity. If he truly cares for his subordinates and the citizens of Charlottetown, stepping down is the only responsible course of action.