2019 Annual Report

Annual Report 2019 29 Community Involvement ƒ Participated in many community events, including the Salvation Army’s Christmas Food Drive, collecting over 21,000 food donations for the local food bank ƒ Raised and donated over $24,000 to the BC Burn Fund and local charities ƒ Partnered with Chilliwack Bowls of Hope to deliver and serve hot soup to school age children ƒ The Chilliwack Firefighters Education Fund awarded seven (7) post- secondary financial awards to Chilliwack high school graduates ƒ Chilliwack Firefighters Charitable Society awarded 6 scholarships to Chilliwack high school graduates ƒ Chilliwack Fire Department Honour Guard participated in various community events Emergency Management ƒ Conducted Emergency Operations Centre exercises with representatives from all City departments ƒ Provided training and support for local Emergency Support Services volunteers ƒ Emergency Support Services volunteers provided emergency support and assistance to building fire evacuees ƒ Delivered emergency preparedness presentations to a variety of participants such as neighbourhood groups, community service organizations, service clubs, First Nations, City employees, and the public Training ƒ Infrastructure and building construction improvements continued at the Fire Training Centre. The Fire Training Centre is utilized to support training exercises and education for the local firefighters ƒ Delivered competency based training to 177 fire officers and firefighters in all aspects of fire, rescue and prevention services ƒ Delivered training to and graduated 15 new paid on-call firefighters in our five month recruit training program ƒ Paid on-call firefighters contributed over 34,000 hours of community service to training and incident responses 3,218 Calls for Service in 2019 341 FIRE RESPONSES 782 ALARM ACTIVATION RESPONSES 454 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS 161 MEDICAL CALLS 306 BURNING COMPLAINTS 982 PUBLIC SERVICE CALLS 112 PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS 1 RESCUE 79 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CALLS Fire Prevention ƒ 4,593 residents educated or trained in fire and life safety and emergency preparedness ƒ Fire Department personnel completed 1,104 fire and life safety inspections to ensure fire code and bylaw compliance