Hello 2023!

2022 saw your volunteer firefighters invest almost 15,000 hours in the community responding to calls, attending training/courses and standby shifts. Other fire department activities, such as administration, inspections and attendance at community events are not included in that number.

At time of writing, Redwood Meadows Emergency Services (RMES) will attend nearly 400 calls in 2022– one of our busiest years since the floods in 2013. Almost half of the calls were medical in nature, a quarter of the calls were for rescues including vehicle accidents, approximately 20% were for fires and the rest were “other” (wires down, trees on house, vehicle lockouts, hazmat etc).

Additionally, RMES members issued 72 Burn Permits and conducted 52 FireSmart Assessments, 6 Firepit inspections, and 2 Home Safety Surveys.

It continues to be an honour and a privilege to serve Redwood Meadows and the surrounding community.

Until next month, stay safe.