Badge 42 Traditional Cache

Badge 42

A lot of brave men have worked at this Firehall. For over 100 years this building has stood. The Moose Jaw Fire Department provides emergency services to the residents of the City Of Moose Jaw.  And with those brave men always comes a Chief. I am proud to dedicate this cache to my grandfather who once was the Fire Chief at this hall. Since the inception of the City of Moose Jaw Career Fire Department in 1906 it has been their goal to “Save Lives and Protect Property”.

In addition they are under contract to provide structural fire suppression services to 15 Wing Moose Jaw, the military base south of the city. They also have fire service agreements with six rural municipalities and several resort villages that surround the city.

The heritage value of the Moose Jaw Fire Hall lies in its status as one of Moose Jaw’s first fire halls. In 1908 the City commissioned W.A. Elliot, a Brandon architect who also designed Moose Jaw’s Alexandra School, to design a new fire hall. Construction began on the building in 1909 and was completed that same year at a cost of $35,000. The completed building housed several pieces of equipment and served as residence for the full-time firemen recently hired by the community. The building remained a fire hall until 1979.

The heritage value of the Moose Jaw Fire Hall also lies in its architecture. Constructed in the Georgian Revival style, a style used in other public buildings in the community during the period, the building is characterized by the symmetrical arrangement of the vehicle door bays and window openings, and the hip roof with symmetrically-placed dormers. The tall tower, decorated with projecting quoining and topped by a pyramidal roof and flagpole, reflects the original use of the building as well as the desire of the community to construct a building which was both functional and a showpiece of civic pride.

You are looking for small cache container with a log only, there may or may not be room for certain trackables   and you will also need to have a writing utensil. Take care and cache on.