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Cassiar Volunteer Fire Dent.

Unlike citizens in many towns
and cities, the people in the
Cassiar area cannot just pick up
the telephone and call the local
municipal, Fire Denartment.

With this factor in mind, it
was decided that the next best
thing to a full- time Fire Depart-
ment would he a Volunteer group,
train ed and equipped as far as
possible, for a fire emergency.
Thus the Cassiar Volunteer Fire
Department was formed in 1967.

This Department is made up of
volunteers who spend several hours

of their own time training to fight

fires when called to alert.

You may have seen them gather
in the Fire Hall on Connell Drive

on Tuesdav evenings, or you may have

seen them respond to some of the
fires we have had in and around
Cassiar over the past vear or more.

Their training includes First
Aid. Artificial Resusitation, Smoke
apparatus ,Fmergency rescue, use of
Fire extingushers, fire hoses and
mobile pumper unit operations; plus
a considerable amount of pvrevent-
ative measure knowledge, aimed at
preventing fires before thev can
Start.

Nur eauipment includes-one
Fire Fngine, which is our first
attack vehicle. This unit carries
800 feet of 2'' hose line; 1,990
feet of ls" hand lines, 200 feet
of 1" high pressure hose attached
to an electric reel, 59M gallons
of water in addition to aluminum
ladders. and numerous other equip-
ment and tools required for fight-
ing fires.

The second attack vehicle is
a 1,590 gallon pumper that also
carries an assortment of tools and
necessarv equinment in addition to
790 feet of 1's hose line.

Throughout the Townsite and
Plantsite, we have installed some
200 portable Fire Fxtinguishers.

In addition we have 79 Fire Hv-
drants. 2-1.9N9 gallon per minute
gasoline nower pumps, one J] ,NNN
gallon per minute diesel power
pump and a 3?9,NN. eallon water
supply stored in three tanks he-
hind the power house.

This eauinment provides good
protection in the Plantsite and
Townsite, but the citizens in the
surrounding areas are dependant
only on the protection we carrv on
our mobile units. These units are
not designed for prolonged fire
fighting: without additional water
supply such as hvdrants or storape

tanks.

Tf hard pressed hv a larre

fire, the water supplv in ovr mo-
hile units would he depleted in
8 to 19 minutes.

As a resident of the Cassitar

Area vou can ereatly assist in keep-
ing your homes fire safe by:

(a)

 (b)

(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(2g)
(h)

(1)

(j)

Learn how to use portable Fire
Extineuishers.

Keeping vour home and place of
work, clean and in good order.
Obey traffic laws such as giv-
ing the right of wav to Fire
Emergency Vehicles.

Teach vour children safe prac-
tises with matches and fire.
Report fire hazards.

Exercise proper care at home
and at work, with flammable
liquids.

Exercise care when smoking,
particularly while in hed. at
parties, and when camping.

Do not use open flame torches
to thaw water lines under homes
or trailers.

Respect and teach your children
to respect fire fighting equip-
ment and alarm systems.

Do not overload electric cir-
cuits.

Remember: the most important

part of Fire Safety is Prevention.
You can help in this.

Fire Chief - A. Borsato