East Gwillimbury Emergency Services

Department Overview

East Gwillimbury operates a composite fire department with a full-time chief, deputy chief, training officer, fire inspector and public education officer, as well as 16 full-time firefighters and 81 volunteers. All of the full-time firefighters are based at Station 2-8 in Queensville. They respond to all emergency calls in the municipality.

History

For several years, East Gwillimbury was divided into three separate fire areas in Holland Landing, Mount Albert and Queensville. Each area had its own chief. The first full-time firefighters were hired in 2013.

Fire Stations

Station	Address	In Service	Notes
2-6	22 Princess Street, Mount Albert	1979 - Feb. 2, 2014	Destroyed by fire, rebuilt on site.
2-6	5866 Doane Road, Mount Albert	2014-2015	Temporary location after 22 Princess Street fire.

Apparatus Roster

All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.

Fire Station 2-4 - 19314 Yonge Street, Holland Landing

Built 2002

• Engine 241 - 2023 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Dependable
• Tanker 244 - 2011 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Rosenbauer (1050/1500) (SN#15248)
• Aerial 246 - 2018 HME Ahrens-Fox Spectr MFDxl (1750/420/111' rear-mount ladder) (SN#22952) (Ex-demo unit)

Fire Station 2-6 - 22 Princess Street, Mount Albert

Opened September 2015

• Engine 261 - 2014 Spartan ERV Metro Star MFD (1250/840/20A) (SN#10397)
• Tanker 264 - 2015 Spartan Gladiator Classic MFD / Dependable (1050/1500)
• Rescue 269 - 2016 Freightliner M2 106 / Dependable (1050/790)
• Reserve Engine - 2008 Spartan Advantage MFD / Rosenbauer (1050/840) (SN#14284) (Ex-Engine 241, ex-Engine 281)

Fire Station 2-8 - 1590 Queensville Sideroad, Queensville

Built 19??, renovated and re-opened June 2015

• Engine 281 - 2021 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Dependable (1460/666/25F)
• Tanker 284 - 2015 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Dependable (1050/1500)
• Rescue 289 - 2016 Freightliner M2 106 / Dependable (1050/790) (Ex-Rescue 249)

Station Unknown

• Car 1 - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado
• Car 2 - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado
• Car 3 - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado  q
• Car 4 - 2013 Ram 1500
• Car 5 - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado
• Car 6 - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado

Retired Apparatus

• 2013 Rosenbauer Commander 3000 R6011 pumper (1250/765/35F) (SN#15541) (Ex-Engine 281)
• 2013 Rosenbauer Commander 3000 R6011 pumper (1250/765/35F) (SN#15540) (Ex-Engine 261) (Caught fire and destroyed Station 2-6, February 2014)
• 2007 Ford F-550 4x4 / Rosenbauer mini-pumper (420/150/15F) (Destroyed in 2014 station fire)
• 2005 Freightliner M2 / Rosenbauer pumper/tanker (1050/2100) (SN#1306704) (Destroyed in 2014 station fire)
• 2005 Freightliner M2 / Rosenbauer heavy rescue (Destroyed in 2014 station fire)
• 2003 Freightliner FL 80 / General Safety quint (1050/500/65' RK rear-mount) (SN#03MET135) (Ex-Aerial 246, ex-Aerial 286) (Sold December 27, 2022 GovDeals)
• 2000 Freightliner FL 80 / 2002 Fort Garry walk-in rescue (SN#M6826) (Sold to Service de Sécurité Incendie d'Aumond)
• 1998 Freightliner FL 80 / Smeal pumper (1050/700/50F) (SN#891020) (Temporarily loaned from Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service)
• 1997 Freightliner FL 80 / Superior pumper/tanker (840/1500) (SN#SE 1833) (Traded-in to Dependable Emergency Vehicles, sold to Carling Fire-Rescue)
• 1997 Freightliner FL 80 / Superior pumper (1050/600) (SN#SE 1832) (Sold to Conquest Fire Department (Saskatchewan))
• 1997 Freightliner FL 80 / Superior rescue (SN#SE 1834) (Destroyed in 2014 station fire)
• 1997 Freightliner FL 80 / Fort Garry pumper (840/1000)
• 1990 International S2574 / Phoenix pumper (840/1300) (SN#89-08-792-241) (Sold to Service de Sécurité Incendie de Mansfield-et-Pontefract)
• 1986 Ford C-8000 / Hub pumper (840/800) (SN#1175) (Traded to Resqtech)
• 1984 International CO1950B / King pumper (1050/1400) (SN#4028)
• 1982 GMC Vandura rescue
• 1982 Chevrolet / PK Bodies rescue
• 1981 International CO1910B / Thibault pumper (840/500) (SN#T81-147) (Sold to Kaministiquia Fire Rescue)
• 1980 Dodge cube van rescue (Ex-Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service)
• 1975 Ford C / Pierreville pumper (840/500)
• 1973 Ford F / McNaught tanker (250/1500)
• 1972 Ford C-906 / Thibault pumper (840/600)
• 1966 Ford C-802 / King tanker (250/1200) (SN#66102) (Sold to private owner, body removed, converted to low rider collector truck)
• 1961 Fargo D700 / Thibault pumper (625/500) (SN#11637)
• 1958 GMC / Marsh pumper (625/500)
• 1950 GMC 3 Ton / Bickle-Seagrave pumper

External Links

• East Gwillimbury Emergency Services Department
• East Gwillimbury Firefighters (IAFF Local 4985) Facebook page

Station Map

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