Northeast B.C. volunteer fire departments receive funding boost
Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Hudson’s Hope, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and Pouce Coupe will receive a combined $144,837.25.
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Five communities in northeast B.C. are among the 200 volunteer fire departments set to receive nearly $6.2 million through the province’s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF).
Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Hudson’s Hope, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and Pouce Coupe will receive a combined $144,837.25.
More than $17 million has been provided by the CEPF to volunteer and composite fire departments in B.C. since 2017.
“Many people living in smaller or remote B.C. communities are served by hard-working volunteer or partly volunteer fire departments,” said George Heyman, acting Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
“These departments don’t have the same resources found in larger communities.”
CEPF recipients in northeast B.C.:
- Chetwynd – $29,284.25 – for fire apparatus upgrades
- Dawson Creek – $30,000 – for an on-call firefighter as well as Personal Protective Equipment and pagers
- Hudson’s Hope – $25,553 – Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus replacement project
- Northern Rockies Regional Municipality – $30,000 – for structural protection units and training
- Pouce Coupe -$30,000 – for a fire skid unit
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