Muskoka Lakes Fire-Rescue

History

Muskoka Lakes was formed in 1971 as part of municipal restructuring in Muskoka District. The newly formed municipality was an amalgamation of the Village of Bala, Cardwell Township, Medora & Wood Townships, the Village of Port Carling, Watt Township, the Village of Windermere and part of Monck Township.

The fire department was formed from a merger of the Bala Fire Department, the Medora & Wood Township Fire Department, the Monck Township Fire Department, Port Carling Fire Department and Windermere Fire Department.

Fire Stations

Station	Address	In Service	Notes
Port Carling Fire Station	1 Bailey Street, Port Carling	????-2009	Part of municipal building.

Apparatus Roster

All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.

District 1

Foots Bay Fire Station - 1006 Buckeye Road

Built 1971

Tanker 1 - 2006 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/1500) (SN#A036)

Rescue 1 - 1997 Ford E-350 / Almonte

Snowmobile

Fire Boat (Still's Bay Dock)

Glen Orchard Fire Station - 3951 Muskoka Road 169, Unit #2

Built 1990

Pumper 1 - 2002 Ford F-550 (840/300)

District 3

Bala Fire Station - 1015 Grey Street, Bala

Built 1945/Addition 1999

Pumper 3 - 2016 Freightliner M2 106 / Metalfab (1050/800)

Tanker 3 - 2007 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/1500) (SN#A035)

Rescue 3 -

Snowmobile

Hazmat Trailer

District 4

Torrance Fire Station - 1030 Torrance Road, Torrance

Built 1985

Tanker 4 - 2019 Freightliner M2 106 / Metalfab (1050/1750)

Wildland ATV

Fire Boat (Queen’s Walk Dock)

Walker's Point Fire Station - 1074 Walker's Point Road, Walkers Point

Built 2007

Tanker 44 - 2012 Pierce Contender (SN#23371)

Pumper (spare)

District 5

Minett Fire Station - 1131 Juddhaven Road, Minett

Built 1986

Pumper 5 - 2007 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/500/25F)

Tanker 5 - 2006 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/1500)

Rescue 5 - 2015 Ford F-550 / Eastway

Fire Boat (SWS Marine Dock)

District 6

Port Carling Fire Station (Headquarters) - 1 Lee Valley Drive, Port Carling

Built 2009

Pumper 6 - 2016 Freightliner M2 106 / Metalfab (1050/800)

Tanker 6 - 2007 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/1500)

Tanker (spare)

Command 6 - 2020 Ford F-550

Mobile Command Post - Former Muskoka EMS unit

John Deere 'Gator' ATV

District 7

Raymond Fire Station - 1002 Spring Street, Raymond

Built 1980

Pumper 77 - 2007 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/500/25F) (SN#A353)

Tanker 77 - 2002 Freightliner FL 80 / Advance (port./1000)

Windermere Fire Station - 2201 Windermere Road, Utterson

Built 1995

Pumper 7 - 1997 GMC Top Kick / Fort Garry (1050/1000)

Tanker 7 - 2007 Sterling Acterra / Fort Garry (1050/1500/25F)

Snowmobile

District 9

Milford Bay Fire Station - 1229 Milford Bay Road, Milford Bay

Built 1955

Pumper 9 - 2017 Freightliner M2 106 / Metalfab (1050/800)

Tanker 9 - 2011 International 7400 / Fort Garry (1050/1500) (SN#M225)

Rescue 9 - 1998 Dodge / Oro Designs (250/200)

Amphibious Argo

Marine 9 - Fire Boat (Boathouse)

Spare Apparatus

2000 GMC C8500 / Fort Garry (1050/1000) (SN#M6524)

Assignment Unknown

Pumper 10

1998 Ford pumper (1050/1000)

On Order

• 2021 Freightliner M2 106 / Fort Garry pumper (SN#J0163) for the Windermere Fire Station.
• 2022 ? / Fort Garry 4x4 pumper for Glen Orchard

Retired Apparatus

2003 Ford F-550 / C-Max/Asphodel mini-pumper (840/300) (Ex-P4) (Sold to Tilden Lake Fire Protection Team)

2000 Ford E-350 / Demers walk-in rescue (Former ambulance)

1999 Ford F-550 / E-One mini-pumper (840/300) (E-One SN#121193) (Superior SNs SE 2199 & SE 2476)

1999 Ford E-350 / Demers walk-in rescue (Former ambulance)

1995 Ford F-700 / 1996 Fort Garry pumper (840/1000) (SN#M5777)

1995 GMC Top Kick pumper (625/500)

1995 GMC Top Kick / Almonte / 1972 Thibault pumper (625/500) (2001 refurb)

1994 GMC Top Kick pumper

1993 Ford F-450 / Sentinel walk-in medium rescue

1992 GMC K3500 light rescue

1991 Ford F-800 / Fort Garry pumper/tanker (625/1200) (SN#M4704)

1990 Ford F-800 / Fort Garry tanker (440/1600) (SN#M4408)

1989 Ford F-800 / Superior pumper (625/1000) (SN#SE 979) (Sold to Calvin Township Fire Department (Ontario))

1987 Ford F-800 / Superior pumper (625/800) (SN#SE 889)

1987 GMC C7000 / Fort Garry pumper (840/1000) (SN#SS 3445) (Sold to New Glasgow Rural Fire Company (Prince Edward Island))

1986 GMC K3500 light rescue

1983 GMC C7000 / Pierreville front-mount pumper (625/?) (SN#PFT-1263)

1979 tanker

1978 tanker

1973 Dodge 800 / Eastway front-mount pumper

1972 Dodge / Thibault pumper (625/?) (SN#T72-113)

1972 Dodge / Thibault pumper (625/?) (SN#T72-115)

1971 Dodge / Thibault pumper (625/?)

1963 Dodge / King-Seagrave mini-pumper (150/?) (SN#62092)

1958 pumper (600/?)

1958 pumper (600/?)

1956 Thibault pumper (1050/?) (Ex-Hamilton Fire Department (Ontario)) (Destroyed in a station fire in the 1970s)

Dodge light rescue

External Links

• Muskoka Lakes Township Fire Department
• Port Carling Firefighters Association Facebook page
• Muskoka Lakes Fire Department Station 7 Facebook page

Station Map

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