Firefighting Wiki

History[]

Mississippi Mills was created through the amalgamation of the Town of Almonte, the Township of Ramsay and the Township of Pakenham in 1998. The new department merged the Almonte-Ramsay Fire Department and the Pakenham Township Fire Department.

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.

Fire Station 1 - 478 Almonte Street, Almonte[]

Built 2003

  • Lanark County Rescue 2 - 2008 International DuraStar / Eastway walk-around [1]
  • Ladder 510 - 2011 KME Predator (1500/500/25F/100' rear-mount) (SN#GSO-7742)
  • Pumper 520 - 2014 International 7400 / Eastway (1050/850/?F)
  • Tanker 530 - 2018 Freightliner 108SD / Battleshield (1050/2500/50F) (SN#18-1312-PT) (Ex-demo)
  • Unit 571 - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4
  • Parade - 1965 GMC 980 / Thibault pumper (625/600) (SN#15632)
  • 2023 Ford F-550 4x4 brush
  • 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD 4x4 utility
  • 2018 Kubota UTV
  • 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500HD 4x4 brush
  • Wildland response trailer

Fire Station 2 - 106 Jeanie Street, Pakenham[]

  • Pumper 523 - 2006 Sterling Acterra / Seagrave (1050/1250) (SN#3202)
  • Tanker 531 - 2017 International 7400 / Eastway (1050/2500)
  • Rescue 551 - 2001 Freightliner FL 80 / 2016 Eastway walk-in
  • Brush Truck 581 - 2023 Ford F-550 / Twin Equipment (port./333)

Not Yet In Service[]

Assignment Unknown[]

  • 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4x4

Retired Apparatus[]

  • 2011 International / Eastway tanker (250/3000) (Ex-Tanker 530) (Sold to McNab-Braeside Township Fire Department)
  • 2008 Chevrolet Silverado utility
  • 2006 Sterling L7500 / Seagrave pumper/tanker (1050 front-mount/1500) (SN#3203)
  • 2001 Freightliner FL 80 / 1980 King pumper (1050/500/20F) (Almonte remount) (Chassis reused for a walk-in rescue in 2016)
  • 200? Chevrolet Impala chief
  • 1999 Ford E-450 / Demers walk-in rescue (Ex-Ambulance)
  • 1996 GMC P3500 / Grumman-Olson / Almonte step van rescue (Ex-Almonte-Ramsay Fire Department)
  • 1994 Ford E-350 / Cascade cube rescue
  • 1993 Spartan Gladiator RA40M-3164 tandem / NovaQuintech aerial (-/-/100' 3 section rear-mount ladder) (SN#NQT...PO541) (Ex-Hamilton Fire Department (Ontario)) (Destroyed by electrical fire, April 2011)
  • 1991 Ford E-350 / Almonte walk-in rescue (Ex-Lanark County rescue) (Sold to Lanark Highlands Fire Services)
  • 1987 Chevrolet Kodiak / Almonte front-mount pumper (840/1200) (Ex-Almonte-Ramsay Fire Department)
  • 1986 Chevrolet K3500 / FD-built brush (port./300)
  • 1985 Kenworth W900 tandem / 1997 Almonte tanker (-/3200) (Ex-Almonte-Ramsay Fire Department)
  • 1983 GMC General tandem / Eastway tanker (-/3200)
  • 1982 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) ((Ex-Almonte-Ramsay Fire Department, ex-New York City Fire Department)
  • 1981 International CO1910B / Almonte pumper (840/1000) (Ex-Almonte-Ramsay Fire Department)
  • 1980 Ford LN-800 / Almonte / Eastway pumper-tanker (625 front-mount/1500) (Ex-Pakenham Township Fire Department) (Sold to Service de Sécurité Incendie de Pontiac)
  • 1980 Mack MR611P / King pumper (1050/300) (SN#800017) (Ex-Hamilton Fire Department (Ontario)) (Body re-chassised on a 2002 Freightliner FL 80 chassis)
  • 1976 Ford F-350 / King mini-pumper (250/200) (SN#76037) (Ex-Osgoode Township Fire Department, ex-Gloucester Fire Department (Ontario))
  • 1973 Hendrickson tandem tanker (-/3200)

External Links[]

Mississippi Mills Fire Department

Station Map[]

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  1. Truck is owned by Lanark County and operated by Mississippi Mills for the use of all county fire services in rescue operations