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:
Other Services We Provide
Who We Are
We’re a composite Regional Fire Rescue Service with a staff of:
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.
2044 2nd Avenue, Rossland Station 1 Rossland is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters. Practice is every Thursday night.
Left to right: Chief Larry Simm, FF Jordy Allan, FF Eric Blair, Recruit Joel Karstens, FF Angus Campbell, FF Shannon Martin, Station Captain Brian Poch, FF Lee Hanrahan, FF Matthew Joyce, Recruit Greg Rickbeil, FF Tom Premier Front Row: Recruit Jordan Korn, Lieutenant Jeff Landry, FF Jessica Woolsey, Recruit Candace Williams, FF Tara Hanacek, Captain Gerry Mitchell, Lieutenant Robbie McClary Missing: Lieutenant Kieran Rabbitte-Hill, FF Tod Kermode, FF Erik Smyth, Recruit Alberto Guzman, Recruit Marco Santano, FF Samuel Verot-Fournier
555 Schofield Hwy, Trail Station 2 Warfield is staffed by up to 25 paid on-call firefighters. Practice is every Tuesday night.
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.
Left to right: Chris Caron, Koel Stewart, Cam Ferguson, Braden Lafreniere and Mike Brace
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.
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.
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.
From Left to Right: Stefanie Clarkson, Caitlyn Jorgensen, Ben Mason, Tyler Simpson, Brad Mason, Dave Kokiw, Dave Yorston, Rick Meakes, Colin MacAskill, Lucas Tingley, Hailey Rozum. Missing Bill Bain
201 – 843 Rossland Avenue Trail, B.C. V1R 4S8 Phone: 250.364.1737 Fax: 250.364.1760
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