Charles A. Reed (fireboat)

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 capability.

The Charles A. Reed was used well into the 1950s and retired in 1964 and replaced by William Lyon Mackenzie.[2]

The Charles A. Reed was deployed to fight the fire that destroyed the SS Noronic in 1949 at Pier 9.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ship of the Month No. 35 T. J. Clark". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Archived from the original on 2013-03-02. "T. J." was fitted with fire fighting equipment and she served, in addition to her regular duties, as harbour and island fireboat until 1923 when the Toronto Fire Department took delivery of its own vessel, the wooden pumper CITY OF TORONTO T. F. D., soon renamed CHARLES A. REED.
  2. 1 2 K. Corey Keeble (2013-04-16). "Toronto Fire Station 334 – EMS Station 36" (PDF). Toronto Fire Services. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-25. The Reed was of wooden construction, long, low, lean and elegant in appearance. Carrying a crew of five persons, the Charles A. Reed was fitted with two motors, one for propulsion and one for pumping.
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