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The First Nations’ Emergency Services Society (FNESS) Fire Department Support Program is designed to assist Fire Chiefs and Fire Officers with the administrative and operational functions of running your entire fire department and community with answers about fire or life safety issues.
Under the direction of FNESS, the Fire Department Support Program is eligible to all Fire Departments registered with FNESS. This program is designed to guide the Fire Chief and/or Fire Officers in important aspects of running an efficient fire department within the rules, regulations and guidelines that are required in today’s emergency services environment to promote community fire life safety.
Direct access to this program can be made through email, fax and phone. Fire Chiefs and/or Fire Officers will receive prompt response and direction to any questions and/or concerns submitted to this program. The support program will also (upon request) provide monthly objectives, such as training schedules, performance evaluations, development or review of Operational Guidelines etc.
This program consists of support for Fire Department Administrative functions and Fire Department Operational functions. Details are as follows:
Administrative Support Program
This program will give the Fire Chief or designate access to assistance and/or advice in the following areas as they relate to Fire Department Administration:
- Capital submissions
- Budgeting operations and maintenance
- Bylaw agreements
- Service agreements
- Incident reporting and file management
- Mutual aide agreements i.e. PEP and EHSC
- Band and Counsel Resolution submissions
- Fire Chief and Fire Officer roles and responsibilities
- WCB coverage
- Recruitment and retention
- Community Life Safety
To request assistance and access this program, please contact Wayne Schnitzler at: E-mail wschnitzler@shaw.ca .
Phone 1-877-768-1806
Operations Support Program
This program will give the Fire Chief or designate access to assistance and/or advice in the following areas as they relate to Fire Department Operations:
- Development of Operational Guidelines;
- Understanding and application of NFPA standards;
- Workers Compensation Board Act applications and requirements;
- Development of fire department policy and procedure manuals;
- Wildfire / Interface training and BC Forestry protection agreements;
- Assistance in incident reporting;
- Training directives;
- Assistance with training schedule development;
- Job Performance Requirements training and development;
- Assistance with record management i.e. training, attendance, personnel, maintenance etc.;
- Assistance in developing semi-annual and annual performance evaluations and schedules for fire department members;
- Development of workable forms for fire departments; Fire Prevention Activities.
To request assistance and access this program, please contact Dean Colthorp:-
E-mail colthorp@telus.net
Phone 1 877 - 817 - 1214
Fax 604-814-1211
Benefits
For Fire Departments, Fire Chiefs, Fire Officers and communities, the benefits are:
- Easy accessibility for Fire Chiefs or Fire Officers;
- Quick response by FNESS to the Fire Chief and/or fire department needs;
- Positive FNESS profile being responsive to concerns or problems that a fire department or Fire Chief may have;
- Consistent direction and development of First Nations Fire Departments through out British Columbia;
- Continuous flow of information from fire departments and FNESS;
- Current and up to date information being provided to fire departments i.e. standards, regulations, trends etc.;
- More accurate information on fire department development and progress for FNESS and INAC.
For more information or to become a member of FNESS, please contact one of the above individuals or:
First Nations Emergency Services
1257- 409 Granville Street, Vancouver BC V6C-1T2
Office 604-669-7305 Toll Free 1 (888) 822-3388 Fax 604-669-9832
www.fness.bc.ca
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