
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

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