West Lake Fire Department

The West Lake Fire Department is a volunteer fire department located in the Millcreek Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania.^[4] 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.^[4]

Operations

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.^[5] 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.^[3]

As of April 2015 this is the list of apparatus in use by the department:^[3]

	Address	Engine	Truck	Rescue	Boat	Other
48	3762 West Lake Road	Engine 482	Ladder 489	Heavy Rescue 488 Light Rescue 485	Rescue 486, Rescue 496 Rescue 497
49	2942 West 12th Street	Engine 483			Rescue 498	Utility 487

Pennsylvania Fire Departments
Cities	Allentown Altoona Bethlehem Butler Chester DuBois Easton Erie Greensburg Harrisburg Hazleton Johnstown Lancaster Lebanon McKeesport New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pottsville Reading Scranton Sunbury Wilkes-Barre Williamsport York
Townships, Boroughs & CDPs	Croydon Kimberton Millcreek (West Lake) Shanksville Springfield (Flourtown)
Other	Union Fire Company
USAR Task Forces	Pennsylvania Task Force 1
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