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: 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.
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.
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.
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: 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
201 – 843 Rossland Avenue Trail, B.C. V1R 4S8 Phone: 250.364.1737 Fax: 250.364.1760
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