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Department Overview[]

St. Thomas Fire Rescue is a full time fire department with 1 Chief, 1 Deputy, 4 Platoon Chiefs, 56 Firefighters, 4 dispatchers and 4 Fire Prevention Staff.

History[]

Fire Stations[]

Station Address In Service Notes
Fire Station 18 Southwick Street 1888-1973 Demolished.

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.

Fire Station 1 (Headquarters) - 305 Wellington Street[]

Built 1973

  • Pump 1 - 2024 E-One Typhoon 6712 (1250/?) (SN#146616)
  • Fire Prevention 2 - 2022 Ford Explorer AWD
  • Unit 3 - 2023 Ford F-250 4x4 w/ canopy
  • Unit 4 - 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 w/ canopy
  • Aerial 5 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer 7000 tandem (1750/385/33F/100' rear-mount platform) (SN#37559)
  • Tanker 8 - 2015 Freightliner M2 106 / E-One (1050/1487) (SO#139164)
  • Rescue 10 - 2018 Rosenbauer Commander 4000 24" RR walk-around
  • Pump 11 (Overtime staffing) - 2004 E-One Cyclone II / Superior (1750/400/25F) (SN#127614; SE 3218) (Ex-Pump 1)
  • Parade - 1951 Seagrave 66-EB / Bickle-Seagrave pumper (625/300) (Seagrave SN#F-5345) (Ex-Engine 2; ex-Engine 1) (Retired July 1984)
  • trailer

Fire Station 2 - 235 Burwell Road[]

Built 2006 Captain Dennis Redman Memorial Substation

  • Pump 6 - 2007 E-One Cyclone II (1750/825/30F) (SO#132835)
  • Ladder 9 (Spare) - 2011 E-One Cyclone II 6x4 Notched RR HP 100 (1665/400/100' rear-mount) (SO#136644)

On Order[]

  • 2025 E-One Typhoon industrial foam pumper-tanker

Retired Apparatus[]

  • 2009 Jeep Patriot 4x4
  • 2008 Pontiac Montana
  • 2002 Ford F-550XLT SD 4x4 / Superior walk-around rescue (SN#SE 2920) (Ex-Rescue 10)
  • 2001 E-One Cyclone II / Superior aerial (1500/300/25A/75' rear-mount ladder) (SN#123618; SE 2533) (Ex-Ladder 5) (Sold to Plympton-Wyoming Fire & Emergency Services)
  • 1998 International 4900 / 19?? Almonte tanker (300/1500) (Remounted tank)
  • 1995 Freightliner FL 80 tandem / Superior / 1975 King aerial (1050/200/85' Snorkel) (SN#SE 1450) (Remounted 1975 King snorkel (SN#74040)) (Ex-Unit 9) (Refurbished and modified by Héloc as a pumper-tanker, sold to Service de Sécurité Incendie de Fugèreville)
  • 1991 Ford F-800 / Dependable walk-in rescue (Ex-Rescue 7)
  • 1988 Mack MC688P / Hub pumper (1050/500) (SN#1315) (Ex-Pump 6)
  • 1983 International CO1950B / Thibault pumper (1050/500/55' boom) (SN#T83-136) (Sold 2002 to Northern College)
  • 1983 International CO1950B / Thibault pumper (1050/500) (SN#T83-167) (Ex-Pump 3)
  • 1975 Ford C-900 tandem / 1995 Superior / King tanker (-/1800) (1995 conversion from 85' snorkel) (SN#74040)
  • 1975 Ford C-900 tandem / King aerial (1050/200/85' Snorkel) (SN#74040)
  • 1973 Ford C-900 / King pumper (840/750) (SN#72031) (Sold to Service de Sécurité Incendie du Canton de Stanstead)
  • 1967 Ford C / LaFrance pumper (840/500)
  • 1955 GMC / Marsh pumper (500/300)
  • 1947 Seagrave 66-EA / Bickle-Seagrave aerial (-/-/85' mid-mount) (SN#8047) (Seagrave SN#C-8055) (Sold to Dave Rock, St. Thomas ON. Restored, now owned by St. Thomas Firefighters Association)
  • 1925 LaFrance Type 45 triple combination pumper (SN#5171) (Sold to retired FF Bill Turvey; destroyed late 1980's barn fire)
  • 1924 REO / 1915 Bickle hose tender (Body originally mounted on a 1915 REO) (Sold 1980's to Hi-Ro Shriners Club)
  • 1915 REO / Bickle (Body remounted on a 1924 REO)

External Links[]

St. Thomas Fire Department

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