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Third Alarm

A Publication of the OFBA

Volume 42, No. 1 January-February 2012

A reminder of the greens of the spring soon to come, this is the former Clover Hill, VA Engine 172. This superbly preserved rig is owned by John Koyl of Olivet, Mi. It was photographed by Herb Galloway at the

Frankenmuth SPAAFAA Muster last summer. It is a Mack CF 1000/500 pumper.

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THIRD ALARM

Volume 42 Number 1

January – February 2012

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

of the ONTARIO FIRE BUFF ASSOCIATES

(Incorporated in 1979)

P.O. BOX # 802 STATION “Q”

TORONTO ON CANADA M4T 2N7

Third Alarm is published bi-monthly in

February, April, June, August, October, and December.

Please send submissions to: Des Brett Editor, Third Alarm 48 Glenwood Cres. Toronto ON Canada M4B 1J6 or Fax: (416) 750-9889 or E-Mail: [email protected] The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication.

For membership information, write the above address,

or contact us on the Internet at:

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 2011 – 12

President Secretary Treasurer Rick Loiselle

68 – 35 Waterman Ave. London ON N6C 5T5

Home: (519) 649-0438 [email protected]

Robert Rupert 7 Kerfoot Cres.

Keswick ON L4P 4B8


James Stronach 128 Milner Downs Cres. Ottawa ON K2M 2S4

Home: (613) 271-9844 Office: (613) 564-7690

[email protected]

Vice President Membership Director–Special Events David Mollison 256 College St. N.

P.O. Box 1039 Durham ON N0G 1R0

Home: (519) 369-5337

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Robert Herscovitch 2206 – 65 Skymark Drive Toronto ON M2H 3N9


Herb Gallaway 2215 Michigan Line RR #1

Brights Grove ON N0N 1C0


Director Director Past President IFBA First VP Walt McCall

2281 Victoria Avenue Windsor ON N8X 1R2

Home: (519) 252-0238 Fax: (519) 252-8267

[email protected]

Desmond Brett 48 Glenwood Cres

Toronto ON M4B 1J6


Gary Wignall 3940 Bloor Street W.

Toronto ON M9B 1M1

Home: (416) 231-3578

Carolyn Wignall 3940 Bloor Street W.

Toronto ON M9B 1M1

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From the office of the Chief…

For many of you, this will be the first time you have seen the Third Alarm in its electronic format. I may be somewhat biased, but I think it looks pretty darn good with all of colour photos actually in colour. So please enjoy this new edition. With us in the midst of winter there not a whole lot of buffing activities going on. That, however, does not mean nothing is happening. Activities Director has a full and interesting slate of tours planned for 2012 (check out the activities page).Of course the BIG event is the IFBA convention in Toronto and hosted by our friends at GTMAA. Please plan on attending the event, possibly even helping out a bit and give the organizers a huge show of support. So, for now, be safe, stay warm, enjoy what’s left of winter and I will see you at one of our many events this year. Rick Loiselle, President, OFBA

From our Membership Secretary…

I hope that everyone had an enjoyable holiday season and are now looking forward to another year of fire buffing. It promises to be a very interesting one, with another six issues of The Third Alarm, a great line-up of photo tours, the Fire Services Collectibles Show and a most important event - the International Fire Buff Associates Convention, which is to be held in Toronto this summer. Many of you have already sent in your dues along with the information sheet regarding the new format of The Third Alarm and we thank you for your quick response. It is interesting to note that, to date, approximately 30% have requested the electronic version. As this is the all photo issue, many of you will get to see all the photos in living colour. However, there are still a large number from whom we have not as yet heard, and it is very important to do so before the next issue is published. If you are requesting the electronic version, please be sure to include your e-mail address, as we do not have all of them and some have changed. Robert Herscovitch, Membership Secretary

From the Editor…

Welcome to the first combined edition of the TA. For those of you who have chosen the on-line option, this marks the first time all of the pictures appear for you in vibrant colour. Once again, a large number of contributors helped make this edition what it is: photographs by Bertrand Campo, Ken Buchanan, Dave Stewardson, Walt McCall, Herb Galloway, Robert Herscovitch, Ian Duke, Mark Appleman, Rob Simpson, Kenneth Lai and, as always, Neil McCarten. Articles and rosters were supplied by Walt, Ken, Ian, Neil, John Bowerman and Reed Wannamaker. Production services were, as always, provided in a timely and, for me, hassle free manner by Kevin Plested. Many thanks to the aforementioned, and to all of you who expressed your appreciation and support over the past year. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the new editor of the Booster Line to the august ranks of fire-buffing journalism. Bill Middleton of St. Catharines took the helm at the end of 2011 and his first issue indicates he will continue the standard set by outgoing editor Bob Rupert who decided to direct his energies to the OFBA, joining our executive after a mere 28 years of producing the RNFB’s excellent newsletter. For those looking to contribute to the BL, Bill can be reached at [email protected]. Best of luck Bill, and welcome aboard Bob. Desmond Brett, Editor, Third Alarm


Calendar of Coming Events

May 12 Photo Tour - St. Mary’s, Granton, Lucan, Ilderton, Lobo (Coldstream), Arva, Bryanston & Thorndale.

June 9 Photo Tour - Bracebridge, Gravenhurst & Area July 14 & 15 Photo Tour - 2 days, Mississauga. July 25 – 28 SPAAMFAA National Convention & Muster, Frankenmuth, MI August 11 WAMBO Fire Apparatus Muster, Wallaceburg August 15 – 18 60th Annual IFBA Convention, Toronto (for info: http://www.torcon2012.com/ September 8 Photo Tour - Guelph – Eramosa Twp. October 6 Photo Tour - Town of Caledon

Shots from the 2011 OFBA Flea Market, above President Loiselle, below new exec member Bob Rupert,

IFBA President Gary Wignall, IFBA First VP Carolyn Wignall. (Robert Herscovich pictures).


Lantzville, BC Engine 5, their CAFS unit, built on a 2008 GMC 4400 4x4 chassis by Express Custom. It has a portable pump, 300gwt and 25gft.

Surrey, BC Engine 10, a Smeal product on a 2011 Spartan Gladiator chassis. It has a 1500igpm pump, 300gwt and 30gft. Similar rigs were delivered for E.2, E.6 & E.13. A matching pump (no foam) is in

service as Rescue 4. (Terry Yip photos)


Beausoleil Island First Nation FD Roster (from Neil McCarten)

Rescue Pump 1 2010 IHC 4400/Pierce 1050igpm/500gwt Pump 1 2002 Freightliner M2/Superior 840igpm/1000gwt/35gft Tank 1 2006 GMC/Asphodel PP/1000gwt (ex-demo, acquired 2008) Car 1 2010 Ford F150 4x4 w/ five man cab. Beausoleil Island FN (Formerly Christian Island FN) is located on Georgian Bay. The BIFS has 22 members and runs from a single station located at 160 Mkade Kegwin Miikaan. They run around 30 calls a year and act as back-up to the Island’s EMS service. A new station which will house the FS and the two EMS ambulances is in the works.

RP 1, above, in front of the hall,

and Tank 1. (Neil McCarten photos).


Shot at the OAFC Convention in April, this 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson/DEV pumper was delivered to Clarence-Rockland the following month. Running from Station 2 in

Clarence Creek, it has a 1500gpm pump and 750gwt

Also at the OAFC, this is Chippewas of the Thames Pumper 1, a 2011 Peterbuilt/Pierce 1250/1000 pumper-tanker. . (Kenneth Lai photos)


Blainville, QC Pump 811 A Spartan Metro Star/Carl Thibault 1050igpm/600gwt pumper.

Laval, QC Tower 404, a 2008 Emergency One Cyclone II 95’ rearmount quint with

1750gpm pump and 300gwt. (Bertrand Campo photos)


Mississauga’s new Station 116 at 6825 Tomken Rd. The large three-bay hall has a two-storey administration area. (Rob Simpson photo)

A nicely done volunteer hall, this is Clearview Station 4 in Creemore. Located at 7655 Simcoe County Rd. 9,

it was built in 2006. (Neil McCarten photo)


One of three identical quints put into service this past year in Mississauga. Aerial 107 is a 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Smeal product with a 2250gpm pump, 450gwt and Foam Pro 2002 FS, with a 105’ aerial.

(Ian Duke photo)

Vaughan Engine 711 at last year’s OAFC show. This went into service at Station 71 in the spring, Engine 7-10 is identical, a 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Smeal pumper. (Ian Duke photos)


The Apparatus Floor:

Kevin Plested reports that another of the Spartan/Smeal rigs is now in service in Vaughan. “Engine 7-10” started running on January 5 from Station 78 (new hall still being built at 10,800 Dufferin St). Note the new call sign being tested. The 2011 Spartan/Smeal pumper is the second such apparatus bought by the VFRS, the other is running as 711. In addition a 2011 Spartan/Smeal 55’ quint replaced unit 726 during the summer, another of these has just been delivered, destined for 756 sometime in February/March this year.

Some tidbits from John Bowerman: Lambton College Fire School has purchased ex-Mississauga Aerial 151, a 1990 Pierce Lance/Superior 1250/250/105’ quint, and a pumper from a Windsor area department. Suncor have taken delivery of a new E-one pumper similar to the one that Esso got a couple of years ago. They also have a new Rescue/Hazmat/Command unit. They have taken the 1981 Ford 9000/King pumper (FT1) & the 1985 Ford F800/CDN Nordic (FT6) out of service. Both trucks had the back ends taken off & had flat beds put on to be used elsewhere in the refinery. In Warwick, both the pumper & rescue were severely damaged in the 402 pileup on January 19th. They have both been sent out for estimates.

Halifax has ordered four pumpers from Carl Thibault on Spartan Metro Star chassis. They are tentatively assigned to Stations 41, 42, 58 and 62. They are expected in late spring and all four pumps they are replacing will be sold off.

Hamilton News from Ken Buchanan: ArcelorMittal - Dofasco have taken delivery of a new Rescue 2. It is a 2012 Wilcox - GMC 2500. The unit is red and has a "Squad 51" type box with power tailgate on a 4 door cab (see pic on page 17 of this issue). Hamilton is sending 4 rigs to the Auction, Pumper 46 and 51, both 1988 Dependable/Freightiners, Pump 50 a 1991 Amertec/Volvo/White and Pump 49 a 1990 Thibault/Volvo/White are being stripped of decals and lettering and will be disposed of. Former Support 24, an ex ambulance is going to Station 17 as the confined space rig replacing P 49. Further changes coming in the New Year will see the former Pump 12 going to Stn 21 as Pump 21 for the volunteers (the paid rig is the engine) Ladder 21 is to go to Binbrook as Ladder 18 for ladder coverage and Pump 118 will join the spare pool. Former Ladder 1 has gone to Ladder 10 and former Ladder 10 has gone to the training Division as Ladder 90 Tenders have gone out for ex Ladder 4 to be re-painted R&W, it is slated to go to Stn 16 and current Ladder 16 is to go to the auction. Once this is done Pump 118 and Ladder 70 will be the only yellow rigs left. As in any Hamilton move this is carved in butter and may change! Ken also reports Hamilton's Platoon Chief has gone back to running a district. He runs out of Central and takes in everything from Sherman Ave westward to the Wellington County Line. District 2 had moved back to 8 and runs everything east of Sherman to the Grimsby town line. District 3 remains at Stn 2, District 2 will cover part of his eastern district. Robert Campo tells us Quebec City as ordered a second Tiller from Pierce (there was an option to order a second one when they awarded the contract to Pierce). The second tiller is going to Quebec FD station 2. The City of Montreal has awarded a contract to Aéro-Feu, the Rosenbauer dealer in Quebec, to built 4 Rosenbauer T-REX 114 feet articulating platforms. The amount of the contract is $5,774,039.90, taxes included. The only other bidder was Pierce (Bronto Skylift). They will replace the last 4 Bronto-Skylifts still in front line service (Unit 734-743-739 Freightliner/Anderson 1990, 27 m, and Unit 771 Simon Duplex D9600/Anderson 1991 Bronto SkyLift, 31.3m). The only Bronto that will be kept as a spare will be Unit 771 (ex City of Saint-Laurent FD before the 2002 amalgamation). Public bid for pumpers: The 5 year contract with E-One for pumpers and aerial is ending in 2011 so the city of Montreal is opening a public bid for a 5 year contract (2012-2016) to provide 35 pumpers (7 per year). Specs for the pumpers: PUC or e-Max style. Toronto is ordering for 6 new tandem axle rearmount aerials from Smeal on Spartan chassis, and a new 30' command unit from EVI. Reed Wannamaker reports that Mississauga’s new Station 116 is open for business (see pic on page 9) at 6825 Tompken Rd. Caledon has acquired a quint demonstrator from Dependable, the 2006 rig is destined for Station 302 in Bolton but may have to wait until the new hall is constructed. The department also acquired a 2000 gal tanker from DEV on a Freightliner M2 chassis. It has a 500gpm pump and 25gft and was placed in station 304.


Orillia Pumper 1, a 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 1500/750 pumper and an unassigned 100’quint from Smeal, also on a 2011 Spartan Gladiator chassis. (Mark Appleman photos).

Saugeen Shores latest acquisition, a 2012 Spartan Force/Crimson/DEV 1250/1000 (Rob Simpson)


Apparatus Round-up Ontario Cambridge 2011 Spartan/Rosenbauer 2000/476/2x20/65’ Brampton 2011 E-One Cyclone II 2150igpm/260gwt/20gft/95’ rearmount platform S. Frontenac 2011 Kenworth T370/Fort Garry 18' rescue Orillia 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 1500gpm/750gwt pumper Orillia 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Smeal 100' quint Peterborough 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Rosenbauer T-Rex 114’ tower quint Saugeen Shores 2012 Spartan Force/Crimson/DEV 1250igpm/1000gwt

Quebec Quebec City 2011 E-One/Bronto 134’ quint Amos 2011 IHC 7600/Carl Thibault 1500igpm/300gwt/100’ rearmount Riviere Kiamika (two) 2011 Freightliner M2/Maxi 1050igpm/1500gwt/30gft Notre Dame de Stanbridge Freightliner M2/ Carl Thibault PP/2500igwt Maritimes Miramachi, NB 2011 Spartan Furion/Smeal 2000gpm/480gwt/105' RM (two units) Maitland, NS 2012 Ford F550/Knapheide/LeBlanc light rescue Middleton 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Metalfab 1500igpm/832gwt Foam Pro 2002 Bridgewater 2011 Pierce Velocity heavy rescue North River 2012 Metalfab/FL M2 1050igpm/1000gwt Foam Pro 2002 2 door Gander, NL 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 2000gpm/300gwt/100' MM Platform Grand Falls-Windsor 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 2000/gpm/300gwt/103' RM Out West Kitimat, BC 2011 Spartan Sirius/Smeal 2000gpm/400gwt/75' rearmount aerial Halfmoon Bay 2011 GMC TC5500/Green Acres CAFS quick attack/200igpm/400/25 Victoria 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Rosenbauer Raptor 1500/200/102’ Sahtlam 2011 Freightliner M2/Rosenbauer 2000g tanker w/ portable pump. Pitt Meadows 2011 Pierce Arrow XT PUC 1250gpm/750gwt Husky FS North Oyster 2011 HMW 1871/Rosenbauer 1050igpm/1000gwt Foam Pro 1600 FS Lake Cowichan 2011 Freightliner M2/Fort Garry 420igpmD/1800gwt Foam Pro 1600 Tech Coal, Sparwood 2011 Freightliner M2/Fort Garry 1050igpmD/1000gwt Foam Pro 2002 Stoney Mountain 2010 Spartan Metro Star/Fort Garry 1050/800/25 Foam Pro 2001 Athabasca County 2011 Freightliner M2/Midwest 3500g tanker North Cowichan-Chemainus Spartan Metro Star/Hub 1250igpm/1000gwt Calgary, AB 2011 Spartan Gladiator LFD/SVI heavy rescues (two) Calgary 2011 Spartan Gladiator LFD/SVI mobile training vehicle Bonnyville 2011 Pierce Arrow X 75' RM aerial Grasslands 2011 Western Star 4900/Hub 80igpm/3000gwt Foam Pro 2001 Parksville 2011 Spartan Metro Star/Hub 1500igpm/500gwt Advantus 3 FS Yellowhead County Ford F550/Hub light rescue (Brule Station) Inuvik, NWT 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Smeal 2250gpm/600gwt/103' RM FoamPro 2002 Western New York Buffalo 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 2000gpm/93' Tower (T13) Buffalo 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 1500gpm/750gwt (E25) Williamsville 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson 2000gpm/300gwt/100' RM Tower (T6) Yorkshire 2011 Freightliner M2/Midwest 750gpm/2000gwt Chenango FC, Binghampton 2011 Freightliner M2/Midwest 500gpm/2000gwt


Victoria’s new Ladder 1, a 2010 Spartan Gladiator/Rosenbauer Metz 1250igpm/160gwt/102' turntable ladder. This design, with the tilting basket, is common in Europe.

A new pumper for Dundalk, this is a 2011 IHC 7400/Fort Garry product with a 1050 igpm pump, 800gwt and 25gft. (Dave Stewardson photos)


A last look at some old favourites (I’ve always been a Mack fan). Above, Guelph’s Pumper 7, a Mack MR/Hub 1050/300 replaced this summer. (Ken Buchanan photo). Below, Regina

Pumper 101, a 1968 Mack CF608F 1050/500, still in service in August as a reserve, it was finally put out to pasture when the new Rosenbauers were commissioned.

(Dave Stewardson photo)


Unit No.3 of the Israeli Fire Service photographed in Jerusalem on standby duty near the Western Wall. This is a typical work-horse pumper equipped with a rear-mount pump. It was

custom built on a Mercedes Benz chassis at the Kibbutz Beit Alfa near the West Bank. (Robert Herscovitch photo)

Another rig from the Middle East, this quick attack vehicle was built for the United Arab Emirates by Fort Garry Industries. It sports a 250igpm pump, 400gwt, and 50gft on a 2011

Ford F450 4x4 chassis. (Dave Stewardson photo).


St. Hyacinthe, QC Unit 201, a 2008 Pierce Impel PUC pumper with 1250igpm pump and 600gwt. (Bertrand Campo)

ArcelorMittal - Dofasco recently put this 2012 GMC 2500/Wilcox light rescue into service at their Hamilton plant. R2 is used by the Chief and as a back up to Rescue 1 it carries medical and rescue

equipment as well as several fire extinguishers to replace used ones around the plant. The truck also has a power tailgate to move large wheeled extinguishers. (photo and info from Ken Buchanan)


Top: Truck 1, Middle: Engine 3, (Both photos: Walt McCall) Bottom: All five rigs in front of Windsor Casino the year they went into service (Vern Harvey photo).


WINDSOR’S SUTPHEN TOWERS

By Walt McCall

The Windsor Fire & Rescue Service has the distinction of operating more Sutphen Aerial Towers – five in all -- than any other fire department in Canada. There’s an interesting reason for this. Former Windsor firefighter David T. Fields went on to a second career with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office and later became Deputy Chief of the Nepean Fire Department, a prosperous, suburb of Ottawa. A fire buff and apparatus aficionado at heart, Chief Fields was impressed with the Sutphen aerial towers he had seen on many US fire departments – so much so that he eventually spearheaded the purchase of two big chrome-yellow 100-footers for the Nepean Fire Department. When he returned to Windsor as Chief in1994, Dave brought his unbridled enthusiasm for the Sutphen Tower back to Windsor with him. In the mid-1990s, when the WFRS was spec’ing new aerial equipment, he arranged to have a Sutphen demonstrator brought to Windsor. That, as they say, was the clincher. Clarence Sutphen founded his fire equipment sales business in Columbus, Ohio in 1890. Mr. Sutphen added motor fire apparatus to his wares when he became a sales agent for the Prospect Fire Engine Company in the 1920s. By the 1950s, Sutphen Fire Equipment was occasionally turning out a complete fire truck on commercial truck chassis such as Ford and Chevrolet. But it was the introduction of the pioneering Sutphen Aerial Tower in 1963 that almost overnight transformed the company into a major player in the firefighting aerial platform business. The elevating platform, or Snorkel burst upon the firefighting scene in the late 1950s. By the early 1960s several firms were marketing articulating-boom aerial firefighting platforms on various custom and commercial fire apparatus chassis. Mounted on a tilt-cab Ford chassis, the prototype Sutphen Tower featured a mid-ship mounted, three-section telescopic boom with two-man basket and prepiped monitor nozzles at its tip. The open-lattice boom was bolted together instead of welded, resulting in a light but exceptionally strong structure. The first Sutphen Tower was delivered to Norwalk, Ohio. Hundreds more have since been sold all over North America. Sutphen’s head office and plant is located in the Columbus suburb of Amlin, Ohio In the city’s largest-ever single fire apparatus acquisition program, Windsor ordered no fewer than five Sutphen Aerial Towers for delivery during 1998. The three big towers had 95-foot booms. The other two were “mini-towers” with 70-foot booms. All were “quints”, equipped with 1,050 gallon-per-minute pumps, 300-gallon booster tanks with preconnected attack lines, hose beds and a complement of portable ground ladders. All had four-door crew cabs with raised rear roofs. The first of the towers, a 95-footer, was delivered in March, 1998. After extensive crew training, it was placed in service as Truck 6 two months later. The other two 95-footers were assigned to Truck 4 and Truck 1. One of the 70-foot mini-towers was exhibited at the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) convention in London in May. The two mini-towers were placed into service as Engine 2 and Engine 3. The last of the new towers was in front-line service by late October of that year. The 95-foot towers replaced two Hi-Ranger Snorkels purchased in 1971 and 1982, and Thibault and Pierreville Spartan midship aerials delivered in 1981 and 1982. Over the 14 years that have passed since their purchase, the white-over-red Sutphens have seen action at every major fire in Windsor. All five of the new Sutphens battled the riverfront Holiday Inn conflagration on April 8, 1999 – the only time all of them were used at the same fire. The Sutphen Towers have stood up well during their years of hard urban fire service. As this is being written however, the sun is setting on this notable phase of Windsor fire service history. One of the 95’Sutphen Quints was sold to the Essex Fire Department a year ago and plans are being drafted for the replacement of the other four with new aerial devices After 14 years of dependable service, the four remaining Sutphens are still going strong.


A very rare (for the TA) fire shot showing two of Windsor’s Sutphens in action last winter. (Walt McCall)

Victoria Airport Authority acquired this 2011 Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 1850/3000/400/500lbs/50HRT last year. (Terry Yip photo)


A unique rig, this 1957 Fargo 500/shop built former Salvage 1 belonged to Windsor and was equipped as their first rescue. Now owned by Reg Denure, of Chatham, ON., this immaculate

restoration was photographed during the summer. (Herb Galloway photo)

Another unique vehicle, this is former Aerial 1 from Mississauga. A 1983 Pemfab/Pierreville/Bronto product, it had a 1050igpm pump, 500gwt and 92' platform.

(Desmond Brett photo)


Another unusual rig, this former Harrison Township, MI tower is light blue. The 1978 Hendrickson/Bruco/LTI 1500/300/85' was operated by the Hilltop Hose Co. and is now owned

by Bill Rausch of Clarkston, Mi who was showing it at Frankenmuth in August. (Herb Galloway photo)

A Kenworth T370/Fouts Bros. pumper-tanker of the Virgin Islands Fire Service. (Robert Herscovich photo)


Iqaluit, Nunavut (Courtesy Ian Duke and firewiki) The IFD is a composite department operating out of a single station, protecting around 6,300 people. Engine 1 - 2007 Spartan Diamond / Smeal (1500igpm/840gwt) Ladder 1 - 1998 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1050igpm/400gwt/75') Command 2 - 2000 Ford F250 4x4 Medic 2 - 2002 Ford F450

The three bay fire hall with Command 2 on the right. Below: Engine 1 and Medic 2. (Ian Duke photos).


Medicine Hat Engine 2, a recently delivered Pierce Velocity with 1250igpm pump, 540gwt & 50gft. (Dave Stewardson photo)

Welland’s new Aerial 2, a 2011 Spartan Gladiator/Crimson quint with a 1750igpm pump, 150gwt and 100’ tower. (Ken Buchanan photo)


In service in the fall, this is one of the dozen 2010 Spartan Metro Star/Crimson/DEV pumpers ordered by Toronto Fire. All 12 units feature 2000igpm pumps and 500gwts.

This is P. 325 in Regent Park. (Neil McCarten photos)

Trent Hills Unit 670, a 2008 E-One Typhoon 1050igpm/1000gwt/20gft pumper, stationed in Campbellford.


Two fairly different results from what was essentially the same beginning: Waterloo Tanker 1, shot on last year’s tour, is a 1996 Freightliner FL80/Superior 1050igpm/1000gwt/30gft

(Larry Ward photo)

Kirkland Lake Pumper 1, a 1997 Freightliner FL80/Superior 1050igpm/800gwt, with a fully enclosed top-mounted pump panel. (Gary Dinkel photo)

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A Publication of the OFBA - Box 52 Associationbox52.org/TorNewsLetter.pdf · Stewardson, Walt McCall, Herb Galloway, Robert Herscovitch, Ian Duke, Mark Appleman, Rob Simpson, Kenneth