CCGS ''Sora'' was a 12.5m Small Multi Task Utility Craft that has seen service with the

Canadian Coast Guard The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; french: links=no, Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues in ...

and

Toronto Fire Services Toronto Fire Services (TFS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto Fire Services is currently the largest municipal ...

. It was deployed for medium range task and perform under moderate to high speed in moderate weather conditions and in sheltered waters in station mode. In 2005, it was transferred to Toronto and used as part of the Fire Services fleet. It was finally retired in 2015.

Career with Canadian Coast Guard

During her career with the Canadian Coast Guard, ''Sora'' was a search and rescue boat along the

Detroit River The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively refe ...

and western

Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...

.Search and Rescue Duties, Responsibilities and Services – Canadian Coast Guard
/ref> Her task included: * towing disabled/grounded light watercraft * medical evacuation calls * searching for missing vessels or aircraft over water The vessel is not ice class and did not operated between December and April.

Transfer to Toronto Fire

She was declared surplus in late 2005 and sold to the

in 2006 by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. It is a back-up fireboat for . In November 2014, the

City of Toronto government The municipal government of Toronto ( incorporated as the City of Toronto) is the local government responsible for administering the city of Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a rec ...

acquired another former CCG vessel, , which replaced ''Sora'' as its second fireboatin 2015.

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Canadian Coast Guard ship adopted by Toronto Fire Service
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sora Ships of the Canadian Coast Guard Fireboats of Toronto Fire Services 1982 ships Ships built in Kingston, Ontario

Career with Canadian Coast Guard

Transfer to Toronto Fire

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