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Wallace District
Volunteer Fire Department
| The members of our
department have taken training in fire fighting, first aid, vehicle
extraction, water rescue and wildland fire fighting. It is hard to have
everyontoe trained in every aspectof what we do which has progressed a
lot further than just a fire department. We are fortunate that all our
members have been able to take training in different courses to better
able us to respond to any emergency.The volunteers who have served the
department as Fire Chief are: Douglas Gullon 1973 - 1978 J. Robert Browne 1979 - 1990 Keith Tattrie 1991 Harold Gullon 1992 J. Robert Browne 1993 - 1994 Doug Gullon 1995 - 1997 Keith Tattrie 1998 - Present |
| From an old 1956
International truck that did not start well in cold weather, we now
have 4 modern fire trucks.1998 Metalfab Pumper Tanker 1992 Ford 3/4 ton utility truck 1992 Ford Rescue Van 2001 Metalfab Pumper Tanker We currently have in service 12 sets of breathing apparatus, we are upgrading our turnout gear. All members have pagers; the hall has a modern communications system.A generator was purchased for us by the Auxilliary for the Millennium year. Most recently we purchased a Rescue-Boggan to use for response to ATV / Snowmobile accidents. This was cost shared by the Fire Dept. Auxilliary, Route 6 Snowmobile Club and Fire Department. The Snowmobile Club and ATV Club have given us a list of contacts to call and they will respond to the emergency with the proper machine to tow the Rescue-Boggan. |
| At present we have 17
active members and would welcome new members to join.Other Activities
of the Fire Department include: • Fire Saftey with Seniors and Elementary School • Canada Day Fireworks • Country Christmas • Santa for area children • Rememberance Day Parade |