Thanks to a couple of large donations from Enbridge and the Morden Area Foundation, Morden Fire and Rescue has been able to add a rescue boat to its fleet of emergency vehicles.
The boat is to be used on Lake Minnewasta but can also be accessed within the mutual aid district. “We hope we never use it for saving a life … we want to wear it out training” says Fire Chief Andy Thiessen. “We’ve had a number of instances over the years where we’ve been fortunate enough to obtain a boat that’s already on the water, but that’s not something that we can depend on.” He added “now this is something we can depend on that we can use for rescue purposes.”