Fire and Emergency Services

Mailing Address:   City of Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services
                                  2503 2nd Street South
                                  Cranbrook, BC  V1C 1E3

Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services provides emergency services to approximately 24,000 residents within the City of Cranbrook and contract service areas within the Regional District of East Kootenay. 

 We are a composite department consisting of 23 career and 10 auxiliary members.  Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services mission is to provide efficient, effective professional emergency response and prevention services to our community.  We also strive to build and maintain a positive work environment that encourages and supports personal and team initiative in service delivery.

 In order to provide quality, professional services Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services has adopted high level training and program delivery standards.  All auxiliary and career fire fighters possess and train to the NFPA 1001 Level 2 Professional Fire Fighter Standard.  All Officers and Coordinators maintain NFPA 1021 Fire Officer certification. The Fire Prevention Coordinator and Fire Training Coordinator maintain NFPA 1031 Fire Inspector and 1041 Fire Service Instructor respectively.  Staff are also certified and trained for all programs provided to National Fire Protection Association Standards or Industry Best Practices.  Members maintain operations and technical level certifications to safely and effectively provide the following core services.

Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services Core Services

Provide fire suppression, rescue and first responder to City of Cranbrook and Area “C” defined boundary (approximately 1,300 calls per year).

• Perform approximately 1,300 public building fire inspections annually.
• Provide 9-1-1 call forwarding services for 15 communities (approximately 500 calls a year).
• Responsible for the coordination of the City’s Emergency Program.
• Responsible for enforcement of the B.C. Fire Services Act and the B.C. Fire Code.
• Conduct approximately 120 fire investigations per year.
• Issue burning permits in conformance with the City of Cranbrook Outdoor Burning Bylaw (approximately 170 per year)
• Co-manage and coordination College of the Rockies Fire Services Recruit Program.
• Responsible for the City’s Wildfire Fuel Reduction Program.
• Provide operations level confined space rescue.
• Provide level (1) Hazmat response.
• Provide fire safety public education in the community.

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