Country United States County Erie Established 1937 (1937) Phone +1 814-833-4115 Number of employees 42 (2014) | State Pennsylvania Township Millcreek Annual calls 1750 (2014) Founded 1937 Truck 1 | |
Address 3763 W Lake Rd, Erie, PA 16505, USA Profiles | ||
The West Lake Fire Department is a volunteer fire department located in the Millcreek Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania. The department, which is one of four volunteer fire departments in the township, provides fire protection and emergency medical services from its two fire stations. Founded in 1937, the department is also the oldest in Millcreek.
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Water Rescue
The response are for the West Lake Fire Department contains Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay. As such the department operates a water rescue team that focuses on open water rescue, swift water rescue and ice rescue utilizing 2 boats and 2 jet skis. Rescue 486 is a 2007 Husky airboat capable of traveling over both ice and water, Rescue 498 is a 2014 Zodiac rigid-hulled inflatable boat and both Rescue 496 and Rescue 497 are Kawasaki personal water crafts.
Stations and apparatus
As of April 2015 this is the list of apparatus in use by the department: