Firefighter climbs the hose tower at Island Firehall 335

ZUMA Press Inc - 1065 days ago
Firefighter climbs the hose tower at Island Firehall 335
20090316;ON;News;GT2 -- Firefighter Alex Jones climbs the hose tower at Island Firehall 335. South of the Gardiner Expressway, well past the debates of should she stay or go the Toronto Islands have been home to many since the late 1880's. A continuously evolving community that has sustained amusement parks and hotels and many generations of homes and cottages. Like the migratory birds that use the Island the Toronto Firefighters come and go from their mainland homes to watch over the locals even in the dead of winter. Thirteen year veteran firefighter Alex Jones climbs the ladder to the tower of Hall 335 to hang a wet hose among the recently used drying hoses from and Island residential fire. The firehall is maned 24/7 and is first response for anything on the 230 hectare park like the massive fire at RCYC years back. Annually over 1.2 million people visit the Toronto Islands as a close escape. The presence of Toronto Fire on the Island makes sure that miles away is still safe and close