Hornby Island Fire Rescue is located on Hornby Island, on the west coast of British Columbia. It is a volunteer department staffed with 22 members, led by Chief Doug Chinnery.
The five-bay firehall commissioned in 2017 houses five front line apparatus:
- 2004 American Lefrance pumper with 1,050 GPM pump and 1,000 gallon storage.
- 1996 Superior tender with a 1,500 gallon capacity
- 2017 Fort Garry tender with 2,000 gallon capacity
- 2000 Crestline ambulance
- 2006 Ford F550 rescue truck containing our forestry, high angle rescue, and auto extrication gear. This truck also contains a 6HP portable pump and a 180 gallon water tank.
This info is from the Hornby Island Fire Rescue website. Please visit the website for up-to-date information about Hornby’s fire protection and emergency services, including current fire hazard and venting index conditions.
You can also follow posts about HIFR volunteers and their activities and even keep track of the call-outs.
Fire Protection Committee 2024
- Tor Nawrot
- Jim Garton
- Brian Amos
- Don Peterson
- Jason McRae-King
Fire Services Committee Terms of Reference
The Fire Services Committee responsibilities include:
1. Election of a Chairperson.
2. Meeting monthly (at least 10 meetings per year) to review the Fire Chief’s report on
Department activities, training and call-outs.
3. Financial accountability:
a. Monthly review of expenditures.
b. Discussion and input on large, non-budgeted expenditures.
c. Participate in the preparation of the annual budget and 5-year budget plan for presentation
to HIRRA.
d. Review financial performance to budget.
4. Assist the Fire Department with special community projects that may arise from time to time
and act as a liaison with the community.
5. Elect one person to participate in the HIFD Safety Committee as required by WorkSafe BC
6. Reporting to the HIRRA Executive by:
a. submitting copies of minutes of all committee meetings.
b. attendance by chair or designate at scheduled Executive meetings, as requested.
7. Reporting to the HIRRA general assembly at least quarterly.
The Fire Department HIRRA Committee responsibilities do NOT include:
1. The appointment of the Chief and department officers.
2. The Fire Chief’s performance evaluation. (Note: the performance appraisal is done annually
by the volunteer fire fighters at the time of the election of the Fire Chief).
3. Hiring of Fire Department staff, or termination of employment.
Public consultation:
In order to ensure opportunity for community consultation, the committee shall:
1. Post regular meeting times in the Fire Department display case on the Co-op porch so
community members may attend as observers or, by prior arrangement, to make
presentations.
2. Report regularly to the HIRRA executive and to the HIRRA membership.
3. Make minutes publicly accessible by posting on the Fire Department web-site.
4. On issues of significant community impact, the Fire Department, with the HIRRA
committee, shall ensure the community is informed through articles, flyers, posters,
neighborhood meetings and/or other available media, well in advance of the meeting at
which the issue will be discussed and/or decided.
These terms of reference are intended to be in accordance with the terms of the management
contracts between the Hornby Island Residents’ & Ratepayers’ Association and the Comox
Valley Regional District AND/OR in accordance with the general administrative policies of the
Hornby Island Residents’ & Ratepayers’ Association. In the event of a conflict between the
wording of the Policy on this page and the wording of the paper copy kept in the central HIRRA
file, the wording of the paper copy shall prevail.
Adopted: 2006, Revised: 2019