Fire and emergency services
Fire, rescue and medical first response for Cranbrook and neighbouring areas.
In an emergency, call 911.
Cranbrook Fire and Emergency Services protects about 24,000 people in the city, Regional District of East Kootenay Area C and ?aq’am. It’s a combined department of 25 career and 10 auxiliary firefighters, who train around 400 times a year.
What the department does
- Fire suppression
- Medical first response
- Vehicle extrication
- Confined space, swift water and ice rescue
- Hazardous materials response
- Fire inspections of public buildings
- Fire safety education
- Wildfire fuel reduction and FireSmart
The department enforces the BC Fire Code and works with the East Kootenay Emergency Management Program on regional emergencies.
Permits and forms
Be prepared
Fire safety at home
- Put smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on every level, ideally interconnected. Test them monthly and replace them after 10 years.
- Make an escape plan with two ways out of every room, and practise it.
- Stay in the kitchen when frying, grilling or broiling, or turn the stove off.
- Keep anything that can burn at least 1 metre (3 feet) from furnaces, fireplaces, wood stoves and space heaters, and keep children back too.
- Replace damaged cords. Smoke outside, in deep, sturdy ashtrays. Blow out candles when you leave the room.
Become a firefighter
The department, founded in 1900, fills most career positions from its auxiliary (paid on-call) firefighters, who get ongoing training. Openings are posted on City jobs.
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