New supports will strengthen community firefighting capacity

CANADA, March 14 - The Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF) supports projects that strengthen the resilience of local governments and First Nations in responding to and preparing for disasters and climate change. This funding is administered through the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.

Volunteer and composite fire departments, local governments and First Nations will receive more than $9 million from the CEPF as follows:

100 Mile House - Structure Protection Unit Equipment
Amount: $38,055

Adams Lake Indian Band - Breathing apparatus purchase and training
Amount: $40,000

Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District - Protective equipment and training for the volunteer fire departments of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Amount: $109,226

Alert Bay - Fire department equipment and training
Amount: $37,725

Armstrong - Structural firefighting turnout gear and turnout gear dryer
Amount: $40,000

Ashcroft - Firefighter training
Amount: $36,447

Atlin Community Improvement District - Equipment upgrades and firefighter training
Amount: $39,250

Barriere - Fire department equipment and training
Amount: $37,000

Blue River Improvement District - Fire department equipment and training
Amount: $24,709

Bow Horn Bay Volunteer Fire Department - Replacement of bunker gear
Amount: $40,000

Bowen Island - Gear racking, pressure washer and personal protective equipment (PPE) dryer
Amount: $40,000

Bralorne Fire Protection Association - Fire protection equipment and wildland protective gear 
Amount: $35,354

Burns Lake - Structural protection equipment 
Amount: $21,500

Burton Community Association - Personal protective equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Capital Regional District - Personal protective equipment and fire equipment 
Amount: $275,303

Cariboo Regional District - Emergency response improvement project: Equipment and training
Amount: $501,321

Central Coast Regional District - Fire training 
Amount: $80,000

Central Kootenay Regional District - Equipment and training 
Amount: $503,802

Central Okanagan Regional District - Equipment upgrades 
Amount: $88,661

Cherry Creek Improvement District - Personal protective equipment and operational equipment
Amount: $40,000

Chetwynd - Equipment upgrades
Amount: $39,829

Chimney and Felker Lakes Volunteer Fire Department - Firefighter training, personal protective equipment and firefighting equipment upgrades 
Amount: $39,996

Clearwater - Fire department training props and equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Cluculz Lake Volunteer Fire Department - Training and equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Columbia Shuswap Regional District - Health, safety and personal protective equipment
Amount: $559,280

Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) - CVRD Fire Departments: Equipment and training
Amount: $275,200

Cook’s Ferry Indian Band - Cook’s Ferry Fire and Emergency Services: Equipment and personal protective equipment  
Amount: $40,000

Cortes Island Fire Fighting Association - Wildfire-response capacity building
Amount: $24,554

Cowichan Tribes - Personal protective equipment 
Amount: $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     
Amount: $271,015

Cranberry Improvement District - New and replacement equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Cumberland - Phase 3 training ground for Cumberland Fire Rescue
Amount: $40,000

Deep Bay Improvement District - Equipment and training 
Amount: $40,000

Duncan - Interior and exterior operations training 
Amount: $40,000

East Kootenay Regional District - 2024 Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Fire Services: Equipment, training and personal protective equipment  
Amount: $308,141

Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department - Personal protective equipment, and equipment upgrades and replacements 
Amount: $28,562

Elkford - Equipment modernization  
Amount: $40,000

Enderby - Purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) 
Amount: $39,880

Errington Volunteer Fire Department - Decontamination washing machine and dryer
Amount: $38,452

Erris Volunteer Fire Association – SCBA purchase 
Amount: $40,000

Extension Volunteer Fire Department - Personal protective equipment upgrade and replacement 
Amount: $39,520

Fernie - Fire training and equipment replacement 
Amount: $40,000

Fraser Lake - Breathing apparatuses 
Amount: $39,714

Fraser Valley Regional District - Firefighting equipment 
Amount: $253,740

Fraser-Fort George Regional District - Emergency-response equipment
Amount: $511,600

Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement District - Live fire-training facility upgrades 
Amount: $40,000

Gold River – SCBA upgrades 
Amount: $40,000

Granisle - Fire department training and equipment upgrades  
Amount: $40,000

Greeny Lake Volunteer Fire Department - Update equipment and training 
Amount: $33,813

Hayes Creek Firefighters’ Association - Equipment improvements 
Amount: $13,548

Heiltsuk Nation - Fire department equipment supply 
Amount: $40,000

Highlands - Digital fire-training system  
Amount: $34,812

Hope - Structure protection equipment and training
Amount: $40,000

Houston - Protective clothing and equipment
Amount: $40,000

Hudson's Hope - Replacement fire hose and SCBA cylinders 
Amount: $37,485

Invermere - Firefighter survival training and equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Iskut First Nation - Kluachon emergency services equipment upgrade 
Amount: $37,115

Kent - Personal protective equipment and pump training 
Amount: $40,000

Kootenay-Boundary Regional District - Fire Department Grant: Equipment, training and live fire training facility upgrade 
Amount: $134,955

Ladysmith - Turnout gear decontamination cleaning equipment 
Amount: $33,737

Lake Country - New and replacement thermal imaging cameras 
Amount: $40,000

Lake Cowichan - Equipment and training
Amount: $34,495

Mackenzie - Live fire training 
Amount: $39,350

Masset - Fire safety gear, equipment renewal and training upgrade 
Amount: $39,364

McLeese Lake Volunteer Fire Department - Fire department equipment
Amount: $12,847

Merritt - Upgrading equipment: Breathing air compressor
Amount: $40,000

Metchosin - Hose and equipment upgrades and replacement 
Amount: $39,635

Midway - Training facility improvements 
Amount: $24,837

Mill Bay Fire Protection District - Turnout gear replacement
Amount: $39,694

Mount Waddington Regional District - Training and equipment improvements
Amount: $157,095

Mountain Fire Protection District - Updating equipment and training  
Amount: $40,000

Nakusp - Equipment upgrades 
Amount: $40,000

Nanaimo Regional District – Equipment for regional training facility and training props 
Amount: $200,000

Nelson - Personal protective equipment and Fire Officer II training
Amount: $39,864

North Cedar Improvement District - FireSmart structure protection equipment and personal protective equipment 
Amount: $40,000

North Coast Regional District - Personal protective equipment 
Amount: $40,000

North Cowichan - Wildland firefighting equipment 
Amount: $11,050

North Okanagan Regional District - Equipment and Training
Amount: $120,000

North Saanich - Equipment upgrade 
Amount: $23,048

Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District - Volunteer Fire Department Enhancement Project: Equipment and training 
Amount: $274,414

Oliver - Enhancing the Oliver Fire Department: Equipment and training 
Amount: $40,000

Parksville - Decontamination equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Paul Lake Community Association - Paul Lake Community Fire and Emergency Preparedness and Resiliency: Equipment and training 
Amount: $24,976

Peachland - Wildland protective clothing and firefighting equipment
Amount: $39,040

Pemberton - Turnout gear for firefighters
Amount: $37,291

Pender Harbour Fire Protection District - Structure fire and wildfire essential equipment upgrade and training 
Amount: $39,470

Pinantan Lake Fire Association - Structural protection equipment
Amount: $40,000

Port Alice - SCBAs
Amount: $40,000

Port Edward - Fire service equipment  
Amount: $40,000

Port Hardy - Structure firefighter training
Amount: $40,000

Pouce Coupe - Communication upgrade  
Amount: $31,821

Princeton - PPE, Equipment and training
Amount: $38,500

qathet Regional District (Powell River) - The qathet Regional Districts' Volunteer Fire Department Equipment 2024 intake: Equipment and training 
Amount: $160,000

Quadra Island Fire Department - Wildland response preparedness training
Amount: $21,336

Radium Hot Springs - Wildland personal protective equipment 
Amount: $28,007

Salmon Arm - Equipment and training
Amount: $40,000

Saturna Island Fire Protection Society - Breathing air compressor replacement 
Amount: $39,844

Savona Improvement District - Equipment upgrade 
Amount: $40,000

Sayward - Fire department equipment
Amount: $39,870

Seabird Island Band - Equipment and tools 
Amount: $40,000

Sechelt Fire Protection District - Turnout gear replacement 
Amount: $40,000

Ships Point Improvement District - Structure protection equipment  
Amount: $37,739

Sicamous - Equipment and training  
Amount: $40,000

Sidney - Personal protective equipment, training and fire suppression equipment
Amount: $40,000

Skeetchestn Indian Band - Fire department equipment 
Amount: $40,000

Skwláx te Secwepemcúl?ecw (Little Shuswap Lake) - New Structural Protection Unit 
Amount: $36,245

Smithers - Radio communications upgrade
Amount: $40,000

SnPink’tn (Penticton Indian Band) - Expanding fire rescue capabilities 
Amount: $34,150

Sooke - CEPF Funding for Volunteer and Composite Departments: Hoses and racks 
Amount: $28,351

Southside Volunteer Fire Department - Radio equipment and training 
Amount: $14,650

Spences Bridge Improvement District - Fire department equipment
Amount: $40,000

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - Regional District Fire Services Modernization: Training and equipment 
Amount: $183,025

Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation (Canoe Creek) - Firefighting equipment
Amount: $17,437

Summerland - Structure firefighting equipment  
Amount: $39,185

Sun Peaks - 2024 Sun Peaks Fire Rescue Health and Safety Improvement Project 
Amount: $39,937

Tahsis - Tahsis Volunteer Fire Department - BC Structure Firefighter Minimum Training Standards Supplies 
Amount: $40,000

Taylor - Taylor Fire Rescue 2025: Training and equipment 
Amount: $30,690

Telkwa - Equipment and gear  
Amount: $40,000

Thetis Island Improvement District - Fire equipment update 
Amount: $27,356

Thompson-Nicola Regional District - Fire department equipment and training
Amount: $360,000

Tl’azt’en Nation - Project “Be Prepared!”: Equipment
Amount: $38,463

Tla’amin Nation (Sliammon) - Personal protective equipment 
Amount: $35,620

Tofino - Firefighter personal protective equipment and other firefighting equipment replacement 
Amount: $38,866

Tomslake and District Volunteer Fire Department - Structure Protection Initiative: Hoses, Water Tanks, Sprinklers and Wildland Turnout Gear
Amount: $24,167

Tsay Keh Dene Nation - Outfitting firetruck  
Amount: $19,199

Ucluelet - Fire Rescue Turnout Gear and Equipment
Amount: $38,711

Vanderhoof - Hands-on training and personal protective equipment renewal 
Amount: $40,000

View Royal - Wildfire firefighting portable pump equipment 
Amount: $25,100

Watch Lake - North Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department: Turnout gear replacement, safety equipment upgrades and training programs 
Amount: $39,800

Williams Lake - Structural turnout gear cleaning system 
Amount: $37,064

Williams Lake First Nation - Fire Prevention and Interface Response Supports: Turnout gear replacement, mandatory safety equipment upgrades and prescribed training programs  
Amount: $11,415

Witset First Nation (Moricetown) - Fire department gear and training
Amount: $40,000

Yaq?it ?a·knuq?i ‘it (Tobacco Plains) - Fire department equipment and training
Amount: $40,000

Zeballos - Zeballos Volunteer Fire Department Capacity Enhancement: Training and personal protective equipment
Amount: $39,951