Area Served[]
Kirkland Lake is located in northern Ontario. The town has a population of 8000 people spread in an area of 263 square kilometres, although most live in the Kirkland Lake townsite and community of Swastika. The local economy is centred around gold mining, forestry and the service sector.
The municipality was known as Teck Township until its name was changed to match its largest community in 1972.
History[]
Fires[]
A list of newsworthy fires Kirkland Lake has had over the years:
- 1980 - The Strand
- 1984 - Trusslers Home Hardware
- 1985 - Supreme‘s Home Video
- 1988 - Silver Grill, Kirkland Pharmacy, Ti Coq Grill, Polyblanks, Supreme’s.
- 1996 - Golden Palms, Bavarian Tavern
- 1998 - Mama's Pizza (Capitol Theatre)
- 2004 - 2 Government Road East
- 2008 - Hudson Bay Fatal Apartment Fire
- 2009 - McCamus & O’Meara Apt. Building
- 2017 - 1 Government Road East
- 2018 - ServiceCanada Building
- 2019 - 2 Lakeshore Road
- 2020 - Paul’s New & Used, LaRose Building, 20 Main Street, Lebel Garage, 83 Woods Street.
- 2021 - Kirkpatrick Street Rooming House (spread to two others), Allen Avenue Apartments, Boucher Performance (arson)
- 2022 - Breault’s Castle Building Centre, 673 -678 Government Road West
Fire Stations[]
| Station | Address | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 202 Government Road West, Swastika | 1955-? |
Department Profile[]
Kirkland Lake operates a composite department, with a full-time chief, four full-time platoon chiefs and six full-time firefighters, supplemented by 25 volunteer / paid-on-call firefighters.
Apparatus Roster[]
- All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.
- Shop numbers in brackets after unit assignment.
Fire Station 1 - 8 O'Meara Boulevard[]
Built 1935
- Tower 1 - 2002 E-One Cyclone II tandem / Superior (1256/200/95' rear-mount) (SN#125252; SE 2703) (Ex-Rama Fire Rescue Service 2002-October 2023)
- Utility 1 (F204) - 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4
- Rescue 1 - 2025 Ford F-550 / Maxi Métal
- Pumper 2 (F208) - 2008 Spartan Advantage MFD / Seagrave (1050/600/25F) (Dependable refurb) (Ex-Collingwood Fire Department (Simcoe County, Ontario)
- Pumper 3 (F203) - 2003 Freightliner FL 70 / American LaFrance (1050/800) (SN#3604)
- Chief (F207) - 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4x4
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2004 GMC Sierra 3500 4x4 / Reading walk-around rescue (Ex-Minto Fire Department (Ontario))
- 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 4x4 / Reading walk-around rescue
- 1997 Freightliner FL 80 / Superior pumper (1050/800) (SN#SE 1769)
- (F202) - 1988 Pierce Lance tandem aerial (?/?/105' rear-mount platform ) (SN#E4235) (Ex-North Bay Fire and Emergency Services (Ontario), ex-Milford Fire Department (Connecticut))
- 1986 GMC / Dependable rescue
- 1977 Ford C-900 / Thibault pumper (625/?)
- 1974 International CO1910 / Thibault aerial (840/-/100' mid-mount ladder) (SN#T74-236)
- 1970 Ford C-900 / King pumper (840/500) (SN#70007) (Ex-Brantford Fire Department)
- 1955 International / LaFrance pumper (500/?)
- 1939 LaFrance 512-CO open cab pumper (1050/100) (SN#8062) (Sold 1978 to Howard Van Howe Chicago ILL)
- 1929 LaFrance 145 PWT pumper (SN#6631)
- Ford C pumper
External Links[]
- Kirkland Lake Fire Department
- Kirkland Lake Fire Department Facebook page
- Kirkland Lake Volunteer Fire Brigade Facebook page