Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services

• Latest in string of rescues from Vancouver embankment raises concerns

  Rescuers had to rappel down about 45 metres (150 feet) to the bottom of the Grandview Cut, a human-made ravine that serves as a right of way for CN Rail and the SkyTrain.

  Crime

  May 10, 2024
  
• Vancouver to switch firefighters to non-toxic gear

  The protective equipment worn by crews battling structure fires, typically contains "forever chemicals" in its water-repellent inner lining.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2024
  
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• Workers evacuated after fatal crane accident at Vancouver construction site

  Vancouver Fire Rescue Services said Cambie Street was closed between West 41st and West 45th Avenue.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2024
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• Woman injured in downtown Vancouver vehicle fire

  According to Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, calls came in about the fire at Main and Gore streets around 10 a.m. By the time crews arrived, the driver had already escaped.

  Fire

  Feb 5, 2024
• Driver dies after vehicle falls ‘nose-first’ through barrier at UBC parkade

  A man has died after his car tumbled through a concrete barrier in a multi-storey parkade at the University of British Columbia, falling to the ground "nose-first."

  Education

  Jan 17, 2024
• Video appears to show people shooting fireworks at people in Vancouver on Halloween

  The video seems to show the mischief-makers aiming Roman candles at trick-or-treaters, who scurry away down East Hastings as a police car pulls over.

  Crime

  Nov 1, 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
• 10 people displaced, gelato shop and restaurant damaged in East Vancouver fire

  The blaze broke out at a three-storey building on Commercial Drive at Gravely Street around 6 a.m. in East Vancouver, fire officials said.

  Fire

  Aug 22, 2023
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• Fire at Kitsilano Showboat shakes up Vancouver tradition since 1935: ‘What do we do?’

  The Kitsilano Showboat, which has been in operation since 1935, caught fire last night around 12 a.m., according to firefighter officials.

  Fire

  Apr 22, 2023
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• Vancouver Fire Rescue impeded by encampment inhabitants during SRO fire response

  When Vancouver firefighters arrived to battle a blaze Friday night, an assistant fire chief said several people living in tents and structures out front of the SRO refused to move.

  Fire

  Apr 1, 2023