North Sydney Volunteer Fire Department

The North Sydney VFD is one of several that make up the Cape Breton Regional Fire Service.

Apparatus Roster

• All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.
• Cape Breton Regional Fire Service shop numbers in brackets.

Fire Station 30 - 17 Pierce Street

Built 1971

• Truck 2 (945) - 2012 Spartan Gladiator Classic MFD tandem / Rosenbauer (1250/420/109' Viper rear-mount) (Ex-Sydney Fire Department)
• Rescue 3 (993) - 2017 Ram 3500 pick up w/slide in walk around
• Engine 5 (991) - 2017 Spartan ERV Metro Star MFD (1250/750/25F) (Ex-demo)
• Brush 6 - 2018 Ram 5500 / Rocky Mountain Phoenix (300/250/10F)
• Engine 7 (918) - 2008 Ferrara Intruder II (1050 top-mount/420/16F) (SN#H-3994)
• Off Road Rescue 8 - Argo XTV
• Rehab/Ice Rescue Trailer - 2015 18' Express

Retired Apparatus

• (987) - 2017 Ram 3500 4x4 brush (Transferred to Glace Bay Fire Department)
• 2000 Freightliner FL 80 / Superior pumper (1050 top-mount/800/30F) (SN#SE 2031) (Ex-Engine 5) (Damaged October 10 2016 Hurricane Matthew flooding; repaired) (Transferred 2017 to Donkin Fire Department)
• (941) - 200? GMC Yukon
• 1997 Duplex / 1987 LTI quint (1500/400/50F/75' rear-mount) (SN#8506378) (Ex-Ladder 2) (Ex-Key West Fire Department (Florida)) Glider Kit rebuild of 1987 truck) (Removed from service after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew October 10 2016 while in Sydney for repairs) (Sold August 4, 2022 GovDeals)
• 1988 Ford CT-8000 tandem / Thibault pumper (1050 top-mount/1000/75' boom) (SN#T88-117) (Ex-Grand Lake Road Fire Department) (Sold to Service de Sécurité Incendie de Bouctouche)
• 1988 Ford E-350 / Lantz hazmat (Ex-Rescue 6) (Converted to rescue; sold to Port Hood and District Fire Department)
• 1986 GMC C7000 / Thibault pumper (840/600) (SN#T86-108) (Ex-Truck 5 "W.P. Wilkie") (Sold to Englishtown Fire Department (Nova Scotia))
• 1985 GMC C7000 / Thibault pumper (Ex-Truck 7 "W.P. Penny")
• 198? GMC C / ? pumper (Ex-Truck 3 "D. Hollingsworth") (Sold 2017)
• 1979 GMC C / Local tanker (-/1500) (Ex-Truck 5 "W.P. Wilkie") (Sold to local quarry)
• 1977 Ford F-750 / King pumper (840/500) (SN#76085) (Ex-Truck 4 "J.H. Vooght")
• 1959 Ford C-850 / LaFrance quint (625/-/65' mid-mount) (SN#F-3127) (Ex-Truck 2)
• 1955 GMC C / LaFrance pumper (SN#B-2156) (Sold to Albert Bridge Fire Department)
• 1919 LaFrance pumper

External Links

• North Sydney Fire & Rescue Facebook page
• History of the North Sydney Fire Department

Station Map

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