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The Toronto Fire Services was created in 1998 from the merger of the former fire departments of the original City of Toronto, East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York. It is the largest fire department in Canada [ 4 ] and the 5th largest municipal fire department in North America.
Call Box 12, which was used to sound the alarm, is the name for the volunteer canteen truck supporting Toronto Fire Services today. Toronto Fire Services Public Education Centre and Museum at Station 233 has a model displaying the area of the fire. A 1904 film, The Great Fire of Toronto, created by George Scott & Co. about the event, was the ...
Historic Toronto fire stations are primarily in the downtown core and with the former Toronto Fire Department. Fire stations built from the late 19th century and up to 1950s varied in style. Fire halls built from the 1950s to 1980s tended to be utilitarian in design and found in the suburbs (North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke).
The Old Fire Hall in 2007. The Old Fire Hall is the name given to the original home of The Second City company in Toronto and is located at 110 Lombard Street. [1] The Old Fire Hall was built in 1886 and served as the Toronto Fire Department Headquarters until 1910.
The Great Fire of Toronto of 1849, April 7, 1849, also known as the Cathedral Fire, was the first major fire in the history of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Much of the Market Block, the business core of the city, was wiped out, including the predecessor of the current St. James Cathedral .
The hall was built in 1878 as part of the transformation of the Toronto Fire Department that saw it move from a volunteer to a professional organization. The station was home to horse drawn hose car. The clock tower, that quickly became a symbol of the neighbourhood, was added in 1899.
The City of Toronto's first official fireboat, the Charles A. Reed.. The Charles A. Reed was the City of Toronto's first official fireboat. [1] She was commissioned in 1923. Previously the privately owned T.J. Clark had provided firefighting capabili
A steam tug used to provide part-time fire service in Toronto Harbour. [1] Icebreaking tug used to provide part-time fire service by Toronto Harbour Commission from 1929 to 1930s; Built in 1929 by Collingwood Shipyards, it was moved to Halifax in the 1940s for World War II service as HMCS Rouille and sank off Cape Smoky, Nova Scotia in 1954. [3]