Trafalgar Township Fire Department (Ontario)

The Township of Trafalgar was a municipality located in Ontario. It is now part of the Town of Oakville.
==History==
The first fire department organized in Trafalgar was the Bronte Fire Brigade, located in the Police Village of Bronte near the western border of the municipality. As in many places, the brigade was formed after several serious fires. The first fire chief was appointed in 1925.
Fire protection in the remainder of Trafalgar was provided by the Oakville Fire Department on an ad hoc and fee-for-service basis. The Bronte fire hall was too far from much of the township to provide effective protection. The 1930s were punctuated by a series of disputes between the town and township over fire protection, so in 1939, the township formed its own fire department. A truck was purchased and stored in a garage on the Eaton Estate on Lakeshore Road near Morrison Road. The Bronte Fire Brigade became Trafalgar No. 1 in 1940, while the firefighters in the eastern part of the township were designated No. 2.
A new permanent fire station replaced the Eaton Estate garage in 1951, and the township joined the adjoining townships of Nassagaweya and Nelson in purchasing a truck to serve the northern rural portion of the municipality. It was housed at and operated by the Milton Fire Department. 
A new station was built in the western portion of the rapidly growing township in 1959. It included provision for full-time firefighters, of which two were hired the following year. 
In 1962, Trafalgar amalgamated with the Town of Oakville, and the fire department merged with the Oakville Fire Department.
===Fire Stations===
Station 	Address 	In Service 	Notes
Bronte Fire Station / Station 1	Lakeshore Road West	1925-1962 (amalgamation)	Torn down in 1964. Now the site of Fireman's Park.
2 	565 Chartwell Road 	1951-1962 (amalgamation)	Served as Oakville Station 2 until 1988, now owned by a construction company.
1 	1298 Rebecca Street	1959-1962 (amalgamation)	Served as Oakville Station 1 until 1988. Torn down early 1990s.
==Apparatus==
:1959 Mercury / Marsh pumper (625/600)
:1956 Ford / Marsh pumper (625/600)
:1953 panel van
:1941 GMC / Bickle pumper
:1939 Ford / Bickle pumper (420/200)
:1925 REO / Lorne
Category:Defunct fire departments of Halton Region
Category:Former operators of Bickle / Bickle-Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of Marsh apparatus