Fire Department

"Proud to Serve Sparwood"
 

Services are provided from two Fire Halls. Fire Hall Number 1 (Main Hall) is located at 479 Pine Avenue, and Fire Hall Number 2 (North Hall) is located at 1391 Ponderosa Drive in Sparwood Heights.

The Main Fire Hall is a two-story, triple tandem bay facility, consisting of the fire chief’s office, dispatch center, exercise area, SCBA refill and repair room, as well as a repair and maintenance area. The second story houses a training area complete with kitchen facilities. A three story training tower is located on the northwest corner of the building complete with drafting area and sprinkler training components. The facility was completed and opened in the spring of 1998.

The facility houses Ladder 1, Engine 3, Rescue 1, Tender 1 and support vehicle - EV3. Twenty one of our total thirty four paid on call members respond from the Main Hall

The North Fire Hall was built in the early `80s, to ensure fire coverage to Sparwood Heights in the event of a wash out of Highway 43 at the river or creek crossings. It is a 40' x 40' insulated two-bay metal Butler building with a 16' x 40' un-insulated and un-heated attachment. It houses Engine 2, the emergency response trailer and FD5 in the main bays and "Old Red" - our parade truck, in the attachment along with other stored items. There is an 8' x 10' washroom with upper mezzanine at the rear part of Bay 1.

The site of this facility is also the department's live training ground and numeroues props and services are available for instruction.

With the addition of contract coverage for the Regional District of East Kootenay Area "A" and the accompanying Tender (water tanker) vehicle, we will effectively outgrow the space we currently have in this hall. To accomodate this and recognizing the growth of residential opportunities in the "Heights", Council has tentatively scheduled the replacement of this fire hall in 2012.

Thirteen of our total thirty four paid on call members respond from the Main Hall