Funding will support local volunteer fire departments, keep people safe
The CEPF is administered through the Union of British Columbia Municipalities and funds projects that support First Nations and local governments to better prepare for disasters and reduce risks from natural hazards in a changing climate.
Volunteer and composite fire departments, local governments and First Nations throughout British Columbia will receive more than $6.2 million from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund as follows:
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District – Equipment and training for the fire department to enhance sustainability and readiness for fire protection in their communities
Regional partners: Beaver Creek, Sproat Lake, Bamfield
Approved funding: $85,354
Armstrong – Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bottle replacement
Approved funding: $30,000
Atlin Community Improvement District – Purchase of turnout gear, air cylinders, hoses and nozzles, and training
Approved funding: $29,000
Barriere – Fire-rescue training and equipment
Approved funding: $10,530
Big Lake Volunteer Fire/Rescue – Ensuring Fire/Rescue has adequate capacity to serve the community
Approved funding: $26,994.43
Blue River Improvement District – Fire department equipment and training grant
Approved funding: $29,439.20
Bow Horn Bay Volunteer Fire Department – Emergency-breathing safety system (EBSS) equipment and training
Approved funding: $30,000
Bowen Island Municipality – Engine 33 outfitting
Approved funding: $30,000
Bralorne Fire Protection Association – Fire protection equipment and turnout-gear updates
Approved funding: $30,000
Capital Regional District – Fire department training and equipment project 2024
Regional partners: East Sooke, North Galiano, Otter Point, Shirley, Willis Point, Port Renfrew
Approved funding: $179,439.98
Cariboo Regional District – Volunteer fire department emergency-response improvement project
Regional partners: 108 Mile, 150 Mile, Barlow Creek, Bouchie Lake, Deka Lake, Forest Grove, Interlakes, Kersley, Lac La Hache, Lone Butte, Miocene, Ten Mile, West Fraser, Wildwood
Approved funding: $357,937.22
Central Kootenay Regional District – Fire-services training program – 2024
Regional partners: Balfour-Harrop, Beasley, Blewett, Crescent Valley, Kaslo, North Shore, Ootischenia, Pass Creek, Passmore, Riondel, Robson, Slocan, Tarry’s, Winlaw, Yahk-Kingsate, Ymir
Approved funding: $473,602
Central Okanagan Regional District – Joe Rich fire-rescue SCBA pack purchase and upgrade, North Westside fire-rescue hose replacement, Wilson’s Landing Fire Department live fire-training prop upgrade and Ellison fire-extinguisher training equipment
Regional partners: Joe Rich, Ellison, North Westside, Wilson’s Landing
Approved funding: $115,475.60
Central Saanich – Structural Protection Unit (SPU) improvement project
Approved funding: $30,000
Chase – Air compressor to fill SCBA cylinders
Approved funding: $30,000
Cherry Creek Improvement District – SCBA pack replacements
Approved funding: $30,000
Chetwynd – Fire department apparatus upgrades
Approved funding: $29,284.25
Chilliwack – Situational awareness training building
Approved funding: $30,000
Chimney & Felker Lakes Volunteer Fire Department – Structural turnout-gear replacement and training
Approved funding: $23,595.32
Clearwater – Fire department training props and equipment
Approved funding: $25,661
Cluculz Lake Volunteer Fire Department – 2023 training and equipment update
Approved funding: $29,904.95
Comox – Cancer mitigation, washer
Approved funding: $30,000
Comox Valley Regional District – Fire departments
Regional partners: Denman Island, Hornby Island, Fanny Bay, Union Bay, Oyster River, Merville, Mt. Washington
Approved funding: $208,750
Cortes Island Fire Fighting Association – Wildfire-response capacity building
Approved funding: $30,000
Cowichan Bay Improvement District – Improving structure fire response: SCBA
Approved funding: $30,000
Cowichan Tribes – 2023 fire-service equipment
Approved funding: $22,000
Cowichan Valley Regional District – Equipment purchase and training
Regional partners: North Oyster, Malahat, Mesachie Lake, Sahtlam, Honeymoon Bay, Youbou, Caycuse
Approved funding: $210,000
Cranberry Improvement District – SCBA air compressor replacement
Approved funding: $30,000
Cumberland – Phase Two for exterior fire ground training
Approved funded: $30,000
Dawson Creek – On-call firefighter PPE and pagers
Approved funding: $30,000
Deep Bay Improvement District – Equipment for new engine
Approved funding: $30,000
Ditidaht First Nation – Nitinaht Lake Fire Department
Approved funding: $26,000
Duncan – Fire department redevelopment project – Training
Approved funding: $30,000
East Kootenay Regional District – Fire-services equipment upgrades 2023
Regional partners: Jaffray, Baynes Lake, Elko, Hosmer, Windermere, Edgewater, Fairmont, Panorama
Approved funding: $228,900
Elkford – Live fire training
Approved funding: $30,000
Erris Volunteer Fire Association – Firefighter training prop
Approved funding: $30,000
Extension Volunteer Fire Department – Equipment purchase to enhance fire-response capabilities
Approved funding: $30,000
Fernie – Fire training and equipment replacement
Approved funding: $30,000
Fort St. James – Bunker gear and laundry facilities
Approved funding: $30,000
Fraser Valley Regional District – Electoral Area Fire Department 2023 Grant
Regional partners: Boston Bar/North Bend, Chilliwack River Valley, Columbia Valley, Hemlock Valley, North Fraser, Popkum, Yale
Approved funding: $210,000
Fraser-Fort George Regional District – Emergency-response equipment improvement project
Regional partners: Bear Lake, Beaverly, Buckhorn, Ferndale/Tabor, Hixon, McBride, Ness Lake, Pilot Mountain, Pineview, Red Rock/Stoner, Salmon Valley, Shell-Glen, Valemount
Approved funding: $390,000
Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement District – SCBA inventory enhancement
Approved funding: $30,000
Gillies Bay Improvement District – Upgrading tools and training
Approved funding: $27,112
Gitwangak Band – Fire-department and emergency-services equipment upgrade
Approved funding: $27,827
Gold River – Equipment procurement
Approved funding: $29,960
Golden – Training and equipment
Approved funding: $24,884.16
Grand Forks – Forcible-entry training prop and replacement hose
Approved funding: $29,976
Granisle – 2024 fire department updates
Approved funding: $30,000
Hazelton – Emergency and fire protection upgrades
Approved funding: $30,000
Hope – Fire equipment and training
Approved funding: $30,000
Houston – Protective clothing and equipment
Approved funding: $27,268.76
Hudson’s Hope – SCBA replacement project
Approved funding: $25,553
Invermere – Equipment and training
Approved funding: $30,000
Kent – Automatic fire-detection training and PPE compliance
Approved funding: $30,000
Kimberley – Dual certified turnout-gear project
Approved funding: $27,900
Kitimat-Stikine Regional District – Thornhill portable radio upgrade, Dease Lake fire-training centre
Regional partners: Thornhill, Dease Lake
Approved funding: $60,000
Kootenay-Boundary Regional District – Firefighter tools and equipment; Christina Lake: firefighter PPE, equipment and training; Big White: firefighter PPE and equipment purchase; Beaverdell: radios, wildland equipment, shop tools
Regional partners: Christina Lake, Big White, Beaverdell
Approved funding: $118,644.13
Lake Babine Nation – Tachet and Fort Babine firehall equipment replacement
Approved funding: $30,000
Lake Country – Wildland urban interface personal protective equipment
Approved funding: $30,000
Lake Cowichan – Enhancing firefighting capacity
Approved funding: $29,488
Langley City – Community risk reduction through public education and wildfire training
Approved funding: $25,927.80
Masset – Breathing equipment upgrade
Approved funding: $30,000
Metchosin – Apparatus equipment update
Approved funding: $29,272
Mountain Fire Protection District – Personal protective equipment for new volunteer firefighters
Approved funding: $30,000
Nadleh Whut’en First Nation – Fire department enhancement project
Approved funding: $29,880.94
Nanaimo Regional District – District wildfire-response equipment and PPE
Regional partners: Coombs-Hilliers, Dashwood, Nanoose Bay, Qualicum Beach
Approved funding: $119,545.48
Nelson – Fire officer 1 training and rapid intervention firefighter-safety devices
Approved funding: $30,000
New Hazelton – Fire department equipment upgrades
Approved funding: $25,000
North Cedar Improvement District – Phase 1 wildland equipment purchase
Approved funding: $30,000
North Cowichan – Wildland personal protective equipment
Approved funding: $30,000
North Okanagan Regional District – 2023 equipment and training
Regional partners: BX-Swan Lake, Silver Star, Lumby
Approved funding: $67,000
North Saanich – Volunteer personal protective equipment
Approved funding: $30,000
Northern Rockies Regional Municipality – Structural protection unit and training
Approved funding: $30,000
Nuxalk First Nation – Emergency and fire-protection upgrades
Approved funding: $29,784
Ocean Fall Improvement District – Fire department update, knowledge-seeking project and safety update
Approved funding: $10,000
Oliver – Enhancing fire services: SCBA investments
Approved funding: $30,000
Peachland – Firefighter personal protective clothing
Approved funding: $30,000
Pemberton – Forcible-entry door stimulator
Approved funding: $14,496.54
Pender Harbour Fire Protection District – Equipment and training upgrade
Approved funding: $25,556.13
Pinantan Lake Fire Association – Structure protection equipment enhancement
Approved funding: $28,056.03
Port Alice – Fire department SCBAs
Approved funding: $30,000
Port Clements – 2024 equipment upgrades
Approved funding: $29,443
Port Edward – Volunteer fire department
Approved funding: $30,000
Port Hardy – Phase II: modular fire-training facility
Approved funding: $30,000
Pouce Coupe – Fire skid unit
Approved funding: $30,000
Princeton – 2023 fire department grant
Approved funding: $30,000
Qathet Regional District – Health and Wellness Initiative Funding for Northside, Savary, Malaspina and Lasqueti Island volunteer fire departments
Regional partners: Northside, Savary Island, Malaspina, Lasqueti Island
Approved funding: $96,000
Quesnel – Essential fire-officer training
Approved funding: $28,000
Salmo – Fire department equipment renewal 2023
Approved funding: $29,343.43
Salmon Arm – Equipment and training grant
Approved funding: $29,250.26
Sandspit Volunteer Fire Department – Basic Equipment Grant 2023
Approved funding: $30,000
Savona Improvement District – Training and equipment
Approved funding: $21,000
Seabird Island Band – Firefighting equipment and training
Approved funding: $30,000
Sechelt Fire Protection District – Class B car training prop
Approved funding: $30,000
Ships Point Improvement District – Training facility and equipment upgrade
Approved funding: $30,000
Sicamous – Fire department 2023
Approved funding: $30,000
Sidney – Structure protection training
Approved funding: $8,000
Simpcw First Nation – Chu Chu Volunteer Fire Department – Communication, lighting and imaging upgrades
Approved funding: $30,000
Skeetchestn Indian Band – Fire department equipment
Approved funding: $30,000
Skwláx te Secwepemcúlew – Structural protection unit
Approved funding: $29,793.72
Smithers – Radio communication upgrade
Approved funding: $26,786.46
South Quadra Island Fire Protection District – Structure protection sprinklers
Approved funding: $11,400
Southside Volunteer Fire Department – Quick deploy structure protection equipment
Approved funding: $30,000
Sparwood – Fighter training and equipment upgrades
Approved funding: $10,007.39
Summerland – Portable radio upgrade
Approved funding: $29,925
Sunshine Coast Regional District – Fire department continuous improvement
Regional partners: Gibsons, Roberts Creek, Halfmoon Bay, Egmont
Approved funding: $120,000
Sunshine Valley Volunteer Fire Department – Phase 2: structure protection
Approved funding: $29,811.51
Tahltan Nation – Fire suppression and community protection enhancement
Approved funding: $30,000
Tahsis – Training and equipment
Approved funding: $29,878.20
Taylor – 2023 training and equipment project
Approved funding: $21,770
Telkwa – Firefighting equipment and gear
Approved funding: $30,000
Thetis Island Improvement District – SCBA upgrade
Approved funding: $30,000
Thompson-Nicola Regional District – Regional fire department equipment and training project
Regional partners: Blackpool, Vavenby, Loon Lake, South Green Lake, Tobiano, Pritchard, Little Fort, McLure, Monte Creek
Approved funding: $270,000
Tl’azt’en Nation – Operation fire department 2023
Approved funding: $29,110.19
Tla’amin Nation – Fire department equipment purchase
Approved funding: $30,000
Topley Fire Protection Society – Topley fire training and equipment
Approved funding: $24,000
Ucluelet – Fire rescue turnout gear 2023
Approved funding: $28,964.08
Van Anda Improvement District – Increased capacity for forest-fire fighting and training
Approved funding: $24,644
Vanderhoof – Hands-on training sessions and PPE
Approved funding: $30,000
Watch Lake-North Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department – Turnout gear replacement and safety equipment update
Approved funding: $28,560
Whistler – Fire officer training
Approved funding: $30,000
Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi ‘it First Nation – SCBA update program
Approved funding: $30,000