Resources—Oyster Volunteer Fire Rescue

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Mt. Washington Fire Services

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Merville Fire Protection Services

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The Deputy Chief and I are the only full-time members of Oyster River Volunteer Fire Rescue (ORFR) and employees of the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD). It gives me great pleasure welcome readers to our official web site on behalf of our members.
The Department continually strives to improve the services we provide to visitors and residents of the communities within our fire protection area boundaries.
The ORFR fire protection area covers nearly 200 square kilometers where we answer 250 calls each year to serve approximately 8000 people.
Our equipment includes the following vehicles:

#41—rescue/engine
#42—pumper/engine
#44—4000 gallon tender
#43—duty officer vehicle
#45—chief's vehicle
#46—engine (Mt. Washington)

Our professional team of 35 volunteer firefighters trains to meet the National Fire Protection Association Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications and certification by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress and the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications.
ORFR is a Full Service Operations Fire Department according to the British Columbia Fire Service Minimum Training Standards.

Since the spring of 2013, the Oyster River Fire Hall has been participating in a program to reduce its use of hydroelectric power through the use of solar panels. The panels, installed on the roof of the fire hall, produce electricity that supplements the feed from BC Hydro.

This chart will provide you with an overview of how we're doing at saving energy.

Federal Emergency Programs

The Federal Government has developed national policies, response systems, and standards to reduce the impact of emergencies, such as natural disasters, industrial accidents, terrorism, and computer viruses.

PreparedBC

PreparedBC protects and improves public safety in BC by providing advisories of active emergencies, disaster readiness and recovery, fire safety, and death investigation.

Comox Valley Emergency Program (CVEP)

CVEP functions in partnership with Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, and the Comox Valley Regional District to provide coordinated emergency programming to the entire valley.

Strathcona Regional District Emergency Preparedness (SEP)

SEP provides emergency programming to the communities in the Strathcona Regional District.

Oyster River Evacuation Guidelines

Click here to open the CVEP/SEP plan that provides an overview of the plans in place to conduct community-wide emergency evacuation in the Oyster River area.

Other Resources

Get Prepared for a Wildfire

Click for information about preparing for wildfires.

Downed Power Lines and Vehicles

Click here to view a short video explains the steps to follow in the event you are trapped in a vehicle near downed power lines.

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