The Powell Township Fire Department serves the community out of 2 stations. Our main station is located at 103 Bensinger Street in Big Bay and our secondary station is located at the Halfway on the corner of County Road 550 and KCI.
Station #1 which is located at 103 Bensinger Street is our Headquarters and currently houses our main office and the following pieces of apparatus:
Ambulance 161
Pumper Tanker / Engine 2101
Brush / Rescue 2104
Brush / Pickup 2106
EMS ATV 2111 CanAm Defender Side by Side + Trailer
Brush ATV 2112 Polaris Ranger XP Side by Side
Sled 2113 Artic Cat Snowmobile w/a tow behind Rescue Sled + Trailer
Boat 2114 15'6" Inmar Inflatable Water Rescue Boat with 30hp motor
Station #2 The Bill Dionne Fire Station & Park at the Halfway (SW Corner of County Road 550 and KCI ) currently houses the following pieces of apparatus:
Pumper Tanker / Engine 2102
Brush 2105
Brush ATV 2115 Yamaha ATV
The original fire station and founding members see this link for more on the history of the fire department.
303 Bensinger which is now the Big Bay Outfitters Storefront was home to Big Bay's 1st fire station where it housed a single engine in the mid 1970's. This building also served as the town's Jail and Constables Office back in the early days of Big Bay.