Vancouver Fire Rescue

• Vancouver’s fire chief says public won’t notice response changes to some medical calls

  Vancouver's fire chief says changes were needed to how crews respond to certain medical calls, especially at some of the city's busiest halls.

  Canada

  May 20
  
• ‘Everything’s gone’: Families homeless after fire rips through homes in East Vancouver

  Just after 8 p.m. on Monday, huge flames and embers could be seen shooting into the sky near East Pender Street and Glen Drive in East Vancouver.

  Fire

  Oct 8, 2024
  
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• SRO fires, overdose calls are taking toll on crews: Vancouver Fire Rescue

  Already so far in 2024, crews have responded to 147 fires. Officials said more than 50 per cent of the fires are caused by “smoking materials.”

  Fire

  Jun 12, 2024
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• Lockable lighters behind alarming rise in fires in Vancouver, chief says

  In her annual report, Vancouver Fire Rescue Chief Karen Fry said lockable lighters and torches "posed a new challenge in fire prevention efforts."

  Fire

  Mar 6, 2024
• Vancouver firefighter loses leg to flesh-eating infection while on vacation

  An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in hospital after contracting a flesh-eating disease that forced the amputation of part of his leg.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2024
• 3 workers rescued after collapse at work site in downtown Vancouver

  Spokesperson Capt. Matthew Trudeau told Global News that firefighters were called at 10:42 a.m. to the First Baptist Church at the corner of Nelson and Burrard Streets.

  Fire

  Nov 22, 2023
• Heavy urban search and rescue training underway in Penticton, B.C.

  Rescue crews from across the country were in the Penticton this week for heavy urban search and rescue training.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2023
• Ceiling collapses on firefighter during 3-alarm fire on Granville Street

  Vancouver firefighters received a report of a fire on the backside of a building on Granville Street, near the Nelson Street intersection, around 2:10 a.m.

  Fire

  Sep 16, 2023
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• Fire crews tackle ‘suspicious’ 2-alarm SRO fire in Vancouver

  Crews arrived Thursday afternoon to find thick smoke billowing from the southeast side of the three-storey single-room occupancy (SRO) building. 

  Fire

  Sep 7, 2023
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• Heavy flames, thick black smoke at Oakridge mall construction site fire

  A fire spewed black smoke into the air above a construction site at 41st Avenue and Cambie Street Saturday. More than 40 Vancouver firefighters responded to extinguish the blaze.

  Fire

  Jun 3, 2023