Public Safety 

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue

Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) Service is a full service department created in 1982 as a regional fire service with six fire stations. The six fire stations provide overlapping coverage for our large fire protection area protecting approximately 25,000 residents.

Types of Calls

The KBRFR  Service is a composite service made up of paid-on-call and career firefighters that provide:

  • Fire suppression
  • First medical response
  • Technical rescue including motor vehicle incident response, high and low angle rope rescue, swift water rescue and confined space rescue
  • Wildland fire suppression

Other Services We Provide

  • Fire & life safety inspections of all public buildings  (fire and building code enforcement)
  • Public education services (fire safety lectures to schools, clubs, associations, apartment managers)
  • Fire investigations (origin/cause determination)
  • Community support
  • Juvenile fire setters program

Who We Are

We’re a composite Regional Fire Rescue Service with a staff of:

  • Regional Fire Chief
    • Deputy Fire Chief
    • Manager of Emergency Programs
    • Fire & Emergency Services Administrative Assistant
    • 15 Career Firefighters
    • Up to 100 paid-on-call firefighters

We operate from six stations providing fire protection and prevention services to the 25,000 citizens of the cities of Trail and Rossland, the villages of Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, and electoral areas A and B/Lower Columbia-Old Glory in the Regional District Kootenay Boundary.

Equipment

We operate out of six fire stations with seven fire engines, one rescue vehicle, five water tenders, one seventy-five foot aerial ladder truck, one Emergency Support Unit, one service truck, two command vehicles, two all terrain vehicles and a rescue boat.

Fire Stations

2044 2nd Avenue, Rossland
Station 1 Rossland is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters.
Practice is every Thursday night.

KBRFR Company 1 - rossland

Left to right:
Back row:  District Fire Chief Larry Simm   Lt.  Greg Thatcher  Jeff Pols  Cpt. Mick Skuce  Gerry Mitchell   Josh Conci   Ass. District Fire Chief Mark Daines
Front row: Keiren  Wood  Brian Zanussi   Andre Khazoom   Jimmy Lennox   Lt Tod Kermode   Tyler Hwalstad
Missing:  Lt. Brian Poch   Josh Warden  Eric  Cudmore  Will Martineau

 

555 Schofield Hwy, Trail
Station 2 Warfield is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters.
Practice is every Tuesday night.

KBRFR Company 2 - Warfield

Back Row L-R - B. Engel, B. Corbett, E. Pahl, G. King
Front Row L-R - D. Flanagan, B. Prough, D. Wolfe, C. Marsh, M. Stephens, M. Parsons
Missing: R. Gattafoni, M. Kinahan, M. Flanagan, D. Rossi, B. Zanussi

 

1104 4th Street, Genelle

Station 3 Genelle is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters.
Practice is every Tuesday night.

KBRFR Company 3 - Genelle

Standing left to right: Steve Laface, Steve McFadden, Aaron Hurley, Josh Walker,  Chris Clement
Kneeling left to right, Stuart Thomson, John MacLeod, Cas Pelton, Anna Walker Seated on truck. Glenn Muir, Mark Krastel
Missing is Kevin Rogers

 

201 – 843 Rossland Ave, Trail
Station 4 Trail is staffed by 15 career firefighters, an Administrative Assistant and up to 10 paid on-call firefighters.
Practice is every Tuesday night.

KBRFR Company 4 - Trail

Back Row (Left to Right)
Captain Tim Hamilton, FF Rick Morris, FF David Como, FF Clay Alderson, Captain David Civitarese (retired), FF Mike Lenarduzzi, FF Lee Depellegrin,
Captain Greg Ferraby, Captain Tim Boutin, FF Glen Gallamore, Retired Fire Chief Terry Martin, Regional Fire Chief Dan Derby
 
Kneeling (Left to Right)
FF Jason Langman, FF Ryan Smyth
Missing
Captain Jason Milne, FF Grant Tyson, FF Kyle Boutin and Administrative Assistant Chelan Baulne

585 11th Avenue, Montrose
Station 5 Montrose is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters.
Practice is every Wednesday night.

KBRFR Company 5 - Montrose

Back row:
Mark Reid, Brittanie Reid, Assistant District Fire Chief Leo Leavitt, Captain Mark Kucher, District Fire Chief Kim McLean, Devon Halpin, Captain Eric Volpatti, Matthew McLean, Lieutenant Braden Lafreniere, Robert Notari
Middle:
Lukas Thatcher, Blair Sherwood
Front:
Mitch McLean
Missing: 
Captain Ken McLean, Captain Cameron Ferguson, Jeremy Mandoli, Aaron McLean, Kenny White, Adam Kucher, Richard Hamer, Marty DeVos, Jeremy Brown

Station 6 is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters.
Practice is every Wednesday night.

KBRFR - Company 6 - Fruitvale

From Left to Right:
Firefighter Juanita Lankhaar, Firefighter Dave Yorston, Firefighter Dave Lindal, Firefighter Allan Middleton, Lieutenant Tim Simmons, Assistant District Fire Chief Andre Gagnon, District Fire Chief Andrew Borsato, Firefighter Tyler Simpson, Firefighter Kevin Wenman, Firefighter Jim Duckworth, Firefighter Lindsey Partridge.
Missing from Photo:
Captain Brad Mason, Captain Dave Kokiw, Lieutenant Peter Witt, Lieutenant Mike Brace, Safety Officer Norm Johnson, Firefighter Rick Meakes, Firefighter Jack Fowler, Firefighter Bryan Mahon
Photo Courtesy of Gina Lorenzi, GML Productions

 

Kootenay boundary regional fire rescue service overview