Bella Coola Fire Department

08/25/2022

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER FIXED. Telus has fixed our emergency line long before the projected date of November 2nd! Thanks, Telus! The Bella Coola Fire Department emergency number is once again 250-799-5321.

07/01/2021

Hello Bella Coola, this is to remind everyone that a campfire ban is currently in effect in the Coastal Fire District. Along with campfires, a few other activities are also restricted, see the posting from Wildfire Service below:

"Effective at noon (Pacific time) on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, campfires will be prohibited throughout the province of British Columbia.

In addition to campfires, the following activities are also prohibited:
The use of fireworks
The use of sky lanterns
The use of burn barrels or burn cages of any size or description
The use of binary exploding targets
The use of tiki and similar kinds of torches
The use of chimineas
The use of outdoor stoves or other portable campfire apparatus without a Canadian Standards Association (CSA) or Underwriter Laboratories of Canada (ULC) rating
The use of air curtain burners in Cariboo, Coastal, Northwest, Prince George and Southeast fire centres."

For anyone that doesn't know how serious this can become, I will refer to you what happened last night to the town of Lytton. Early reports say that it has all but been destroyed (90% of structures burned) and all residents were forced to flee. Please, please be careful!

CBC Story here:

A family that fled a wildfire near Lytton, B.C., is wondering if they'll have a home to go back to as hundreds of residents of the village were ordered to leave because structures and public safety were threatened.

06/30/2021

Hello, Bella Coola Valley!

Please be extremely careful with any burning material right now. We can all see how dry things are because of this heat, but now that we have a breeze kicking up, we have the PERFECT conditions for a raging wildland fire!

If you can at all help it, please refrain from lighting any fires of any size, make sure your ATV's spark arrestors are in working condition, and DO NOT flick your cigarette butts!

If you see a wildland fire, report to BC Wildfire at 1 800 663-5555 (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/contact-channels/report-a-wildfire), AND your local fire department:

Bella Coola Fire Dept: 250-799-5321
Nuxalk Fire Dept: 250-799-5650
Hagensborg Fire Dept: 250-982-2366
Nusatsum Fire Dept: 250-982-2290

How to report a wildfire to the BC Wildfire Service

11/21/2020

Goodbye Bay Motor Inn...

04/15/2020

Hello everyone! There is a province-wide burn ban in effect starting tomorrow, April 16. The restrictions include Category 2 and 3 open fires (Anything larger than 0.5m x 0.5m). The ban also includes the use of fireworks, sky lanterns and the use of burn barrels or cases of any size or description.

Here is a good article explaining why the burn restrictions are in effect: https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/b-c-wide-burning-restrictions-come-into-effect-april-16/

To find any burning restrictions or forest-use restrictions for the Coastal Fire Center at any time of the year, please check here: http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/DisplayBan.asp?ID=592

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, in collaboration with provincial public health partners, has issued open burning restrictions for all High Smoke Sensitivity Zones across the province until Wednesday, April 15, 2020. These restrictions are directly in response to the COVID-19...

02/03/2020

Bella Coola Fire Department is looking for donations of some gym equipment. Mostly looking for dumbbells, weights, and workout bench, but open to all other gym equipment offers. We don't want broken junk, but if it's decent and collecting some dust in your garage, let us know... Help keep your firefighters fit! Thank you =)

09/08/2019

If anyone found a radio like this downtown Bella Coola within the last few days, please contact us. This may have fallen off our truck during a fire call and would love it returned if possible! Thanks 😁

07/01/2019

A big thank you to everyone who sent food and coffee to our fire crews last week at the BC Packers net loft fire scene, it is very much appreciated! A really huge thank you to our best allies, the Nuxalk Fire Department, with whom we are always proud to stand with. The last "thank you" is to the community for your supportive words and shared stories of that old net loft. The wharf won't quite be the same without it. Photo credit to Rhonda Alice.

05/31/2019

Hi folks,

We're just as excited as anyone that Freddy's Restaurant is now open for business and slinging tasty food. We've noticed this has led to a bit of a problem with parking...

We are respectfully requesting that people not park in front of the fire hall OR in the lane beside it. It is a working fire hall and we need to have the bay doors and lane clear in case of an emergency. Bella Coola has plenty of street parking, and besides, you can work off your meal with a bit of a walk back to your car by parking a little farther down the street rather than in front of the hall. ;)

Thanks very much!