07/01/2026
When members arrived for training last night, we discovered that someone had dumped a large pile of chainsaw shavings and wood waste onto a brush pile on Fire Department property without permission.
While wood waste may seem harmless, unauthorized dumping creates problems for the Fire Department. What had been a small, manageable brush pile has now become a much larger fuel load. As conditions become drier over the summer, this increases the fire risk on our property and creates additional work for our volunteers.
We would also like to clear up a common misconception. The recycling bins located at the Fire Hall are part of the Regional District's recycling program. They are provided as a convenience for our community, but the surrounding Fire Department property is not a public dumping area.
Unfortunately, when people leave items outside the recycling bins or dump unwanted materials elsewhere on the property, it is our volunteer firefighters who end up cleaning and disposing of them. Time spent cleaning up unauthorized dumping is time taken away from training, maintaining equipment, and preparing to respond to emergencies.
Please do not leave anything outside the recycling bins, and please do not dump brush, wood waste, or any other materials on Fire Department property. If you believe the Fire Department may have a use for something, please contact us first. We'd much rather have a conversation beforehand than discover it after the fact.
We appreciate having the Regional District recycling bins available for the benefit of our community and hope they can remain at their current location. However, if the continued misuse of the surrounding property persists, we may have to reconsider whether the current arrangement can continue. We sincerely hope that won't become necessary.
We greatly appreciate the support our community shows us throughout the year. Respecting Fire Department property helps us keep it safe, organized, and ready to serve the community when we're needed most.
Thank you for your cooperation.
