Fire departments in communities around Vancouver Island are getting additional funding from the province for training and new equipment.
The funding is through the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, and is aimed at fire departments that are wholly or partially staffed by volunteers. In total, Island fire departments will receive more than $2.1 million (2,133,573).
North Island
- Alert Bay – Fire department equipment and training: $37,725
- Mount Waddington Regional District – Training and equipment improvements: $157,095
- Port Alice – Self Contained Breathing Apparatus upgrades: $40,000
- Port Hardy – Structure firefighter training: $40,000
- Tahsis – Tahsis Volunteer Fire Department – BC Structure Firefighter Minimum Training Standards Supplies: $40,000
- Zeballos – Zeballos Volunteer Fire Department Capacity Enhancement: Training and personal protective equipment: $39,951
Campbell River region
- Cortes Island Fire Fighting Association – Wildfire-response capacity building: $24,554
- Gold River – Self Contained Breathing Apparatus upgrades: $40,000
- Quadra Island Fire Department – Wildland response preparedness training: $21,336
- Sayward – Fire department equipment: $39,870
Comox Valley region
- Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) – CVRD Fire Departments: Equipment and training: $275,200
- Cumberland – Phase 3 training ground for Cumberland Fire Rescue: $40,000
- Deep Bay Improvement District – Equipment and training: $40,000
Powell River region
- qathet Regional District (Powell River) – The qathet Regional Districts’ Volunteer Fire Department Equipment 2024 intake: Equipment and training: $160,000
- Tla’amin Nation (Sliammon) – Personal protective equipment: $35,620
Nanaimo region
- Errington Volunteer Fire Department – Decontamination washing machine and dryer: $38,452
- Ladysmith – Turnout gear decontamination cleaning equipment: $33,737
- Nanaimo Regional District – Equipment for regional training facility and training props: $200,000
- North Cedar Improvement District – FireSmart structure protection equipment and personal protective equipment: $40,000
- Parksville – Decontamination equipment: $40,000
- Sechelt Fire Protection District – Turnout gear replacement: $40,000
Cowichan Valley region
- Cowichan Tribes – Personal protective equipment: $40,000
- Cowichan Valley Regional District – Cowichan Valley Fire Department 2024 Grant Project for six volunteer- and one society-run regional fire departments: Equipment and personal protective equipment: $271,015
- Duncan – Interior and exterior operations training: $40,000
- Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement District – Live fire-training facility upgrades: $40,000
- Lake Cowichan – Equipment and training: $34,495
- North Cowichan – Wildland firefighting equipment: $11,050
- Pender Harbour Fire Protection District – Structure fire and wildfire essential equipment upgrade and training: $39,470
- Saturna Island Fire Protection Society – Breathing air compressor replacement: $39,844
- Thetis Island Improvement District – Fire equipment update: $27,356
West Coast region
- Tofino – Firefighter personal protective equipment and other firefighting equipment replacement: $38,866
- Ucluelet – Fire Rescue Turnout Gear and Equipment: $38,711
- Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District – Protective equipment and training for the volunteer fire departments of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District: $109,226
