Formerly a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Small Multi Task Utility Craft built in 1982 and retired from CCG in 2005. Acquired as to act as backup to William Lyon Mackenzie but was not used during winter as does not have icebreaking capabilities. Retired October 31, 2015.
In June 2015 Toronto Fire Services announced that Sora was to be replaced by another former CCG vessel, Cape Hurd, which would be renamed after William Thornton, a 22-year-old volunteer firefighter who died while fighting a fire in 1848.[4][5] Like Sora, William Thornton does not have icebreaking features.
References
^ abcK. Corey Keeble (2013-04-16). "Toronto Fire Station 334 – EMS Station 36"(PDF). Toronto Fire Services. Archived from the original(PDF) 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.
^ abc"Ship of the Month No. 35 T. J. Clark". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. "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.
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Toni Vigna (2015-06-09). "Toronto Fire Services – Fireboat Naming"(PDF). City of Toronto government. Retrieved 2015-06-25. In November 2014, Toronto Fire Services (TFS) acquired a decommissioned vessel, "Cape Hurd" from the Canadian Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has retained the name. The vessel will replace the current back-up vessel, "Sora", obtained from the Coast Guard in 2006
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