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Mission Statement

To Serve the citizens of and the visitors to the District of 100 Mile House and area by protecting life, property, and the environment through education, awareness, suppression services, medical aid, and rescue services.

Nature of Our Business

The Fire Service is a diverse and challenging profession that offers many different types of rewards. It is this diversity that inspires men and women to become firefighters. Firefighters are trained to respond and handle many different types of incidents from a dumpster fire to a full structure fire, motor vehicle incidents to rendering medical aid. Emergencies can happen at any time of the day during any season of weather. Commitment and dedication are required on part of all firefighters.

Our primary goal is the protection of the public by three ways:

To prevent fire and other emergencies from occuring, through public education and fire safety/code enforcement programs
To be prepared for emergencies through ongoing training, education, pre-planning, and equipment maintenance
By delivering our services in a professional and courteous manner

Character traits generally considered desirable for firefighters:

Strong desire to help people and protect their community
Courage
Commitment and Dedication
Assertiveness
Willingness to learn new skills and tackle new challenges
Ability to control emotions during times of crisis
Ability to perform strenuous work in all climates

The success of the Fire Service is measured by our ability to assist people with and through their difficult situations.

Department Profile

100 Mile House Fire-Rescue is made up entirely of Paid On Call members, with the exception of the Fire Chief.

The department operates under the command of the Fire Chief who is responsible to the Mayor and Council. The Fire Chief is assisted by a Deputy Chief, Training Officer, and four Captains to ensure the smooth running of the department.

Over the years, 100 Mile House Fire-Rescue has evolved from not only fire suppression, but now also includes rescue services, medical aid, and public education and awareness programs. The department also has their own training facility which is fully accredited by the Justice Institure of British Columbia.

100 Mile House Fire-Rescue responds to approximately 220 calls per year ranging from grass fires, motor vehicle incidents, medical aid, structure fires, gas leaks, and false alarms.

Over the past few years we have seen a steady increase in the number of calls per year, with this increase it is seen that the average Paid On Call member spends approximately 7-10 hours per week completing fire department duties such as weekly training and responding to emergencies.

In addition to providing emergency aid and education, 100 Mile House Fire-Rescue is also very active in participating and assisting in numerous community organizations such as; Safe Ride Home, P.A.R.T.Y. Program (Preventing Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth), Grad Ceremonies, Teddy Bears Picnic, School Tours, etc.

The continuing commitment and dedication of our past, present, and future members will enable us to provide our community with a service level comparable to many career departments.

Fire Operations Communications Centre

The Prince George Fire Operations Communications Centre (FOCC) provides centralized call answer and dispatch communications service throughout central British Columbia. The FOCC is a division of the Prince George Fire Rescue Service providing these services under contract for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

As of June 2008, the current area of responsibility, which includes the Fraser-Fort George and Cariboo Regional Districts, is approximately 132,000 square kilometers and with the expansion of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, the service area will grow to approximately 225,500 square kilometers. The FOCC provides call answer and dispatch service for 53 agencies and will be increasing its service area to include the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, an additional 20 departments, in the near future.

The FOCC is a full service dipatch centre, providing intial call answer, dispatch and ongoing communications with agencies throughout the incident. Among other responsibilities, the FOCC provides agency resourcing (contacting of additional resources, outside agencies, etc.) as required by the departments.

The FOCC is the vital link between the calling public and emergency service agencies.

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