Oliver Fire Department
369 Similkameen Avenue V0H 1T0 Oliver, BC, Canada

Some members of the Oliver Fire Dept. are participating in an Auto Extrication course this weekend. Learning new techniques and skills. Rest assured that if called to action, our firefighters have the very best training to get the job done! Good job guys, keep up the good work!

At 0418 Oliver Fire responded to an alarm call on Fairview road. Multiple reports came in about a vehicle on fire at the park beside the Subway parking lot. As crews responded it was also reported that a fire was located inside RemedyRx pharmacy. Crew's attacked both fire simultaneously with 2 Engines. Quick work on the pharmacy fire was made and fire damage was kept to a minimum. The vehicle fire is a complete loss. Both incidents are believed to be related and RCMP are in...vestigating with video evidence being provided. Again quick work by fire crews kept damage to a minimum and only minor damage was suffered to thw pharmacy. Crews were on scene for about one and a half hours

Thank you to everyone who donated vehicles to this weekends auto extrication course and to Chip Sabyan for hauling them in and draining the fluids...this is looking to be a great training weekend for many of our crew!

Yesterday afternoon, Members of the Oliver Fire Dept. responded to a brushfire in the Oliver Mountain Recreation site. The fire grew to about 50x150ft in size. Quick action on the fire was made to keep the spread to a minimum. Crews were on scene for about an hour and a half to two hours. the cause has not been determined

Last night we got to officially welcome our newest apparatus. Tender 182 is the newest addition to our fleet of emergency vehicles. A lot of work was put in by our Truck Committee members in order to fine tune and direct the project to meet the needs and vision of the OFD. A lot of work was also put in by the teams at Munckhof Mfg, Rapid Industries, and Jeff Muller of Oliver Car and Truck, to see this beast become reality. ... This new tender will service our area by helping us to deliver 2000 gallons of water supply to scenes throughout our area. This unit is outfitted for supply, but will also be utilized for attacks on structure and grass/forestry fires. As is tradition, our crew welcomed this 26,000 pound baby by pushing it into its new home, by hand. Big thanks go out to the many people that made this project happen.

Foam practice night against a liquid fuel fire...

Oliver Fire is currently on scene with a vehicle incident on Black Sage Road. Watch for emergency vehicles in the area!

Happy New Year from your Oliver Fire Department.

Kids have been back to school now for just over a week and we have heard of a few close call incidents involving cars blowing past school buses and not stopping. It does not matter if a school bus is in your lane or the opposing lane, you must STOP! Remember, these are not just our kids. They are your kids, your neighbor's kids or even a family members kids. Even emergency vehicles have to STOP! So should you!

Got your tree still hanging around? We got a place for it. The current bin is full, but a new one is coming soon!

When it comes time to take down your Christmas tree and your looking for a place to dispose it. Behind the fire hall is a bin where you can drop off your tree for disposal.... Real tree's only please, no artificial tree's. Make sure there are no decorations or lights left on the tree when dropped off. Drop off is available until the new year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A message from Chief Bob Graham

Every year we run a Skit at our Cash Raffle known to our town as Fireball! However due to COVID we had to do this a little different this year and so we created a video instead! Remember this is all for fun so we hope you enjoy :)

Last night of the Christmas Truck, let's make it a good one! Merry Christmas!

Congratulations Tanya Walsh the winner of $10,000!

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