Cranbrook Fire Hall
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N 49° 30.494 W 115° 44.835
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At 2503 - 2nd Street South, this, Cranbrook's second fire hall, was built in 1976 at a cost of $375,000. A large addition was completed in 2011.
Waymark Code: WMKDF5
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/25/2014
Views: 2
The building houses living quarters, offices, alarm room, workshop, compressor room, training tower and training grounds, not to mention a 100 foot Aerial Truck, a brush truck and a couple of pumpers. Cranbrook's is a composite department, consisting of 23 career and 10 auxiliary members, allotted to two fire stations.
The complete equipment roster of the two fire stations includes:
¶ Unit 1503 - 2009 GMC Sierra Service Vehicle
¶ Engine 1504 - 2003 American Lafrance Eagle 148 (1050/800/2x30F) (SN#M05047-6431-03)
¶ Engine 1505 - 1995 Freightliner FL80 / Fort Garry (1050/1000/20F) (SN#M5557)
¶ Ladder 1507 - 1999 American Lafrance 134 / Fort Garry/Aerial
¶ Innovations (1500/300/30F/75' rearmount) (SN#M6188)
¶ Tender 1508 - 1993 International 4900 / Fort Garry (1050/1400) (SN#M5124)
¶ Brush 1509 - 2005 Ford F550XL / E-One Canada (90/500/20A) (SN#SE 3440)
¶ Engine 1512 - 2012 Pierce Dash CF (1250/840/30F) (SN#25082)
¶ Mini 1 - 1975 International 200 / King (250/250) (SN#74029)
• Parade - 1929 International / Bickle city service ladder (250/?)
Sold 1955 to Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department and converted to
1000 gallon tanker; reacquired and restored by Cranbrook)
• Parade - 1924 International / Bickle chemical - restored
Paid or Volunteer: Part Paid / Part Volunteer
EMS Involvement: yes
Has 911 Dispatch: yes
Has Emergency Call Box: no
Has Emergency Siren: no
Number of Firetrucks: 4
Related Website: [Web Link]
Physical Address:
2503 - 2nd Street South
Cranbrook, BC Canada
V1C 1E3
Number of Emergency Staff: 33
Rating: 
Has Fire Pole: Not Listed
Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed
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