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Services
provided:
- Fire suppression
- Vehicle extrication ("Jaws of Life") services
for Upper Stewiacke, Stewiacke, Hilden, southern
Cobequid and Brookfield fire service districts.
- Ice and water rescue
- Motor vehicle incidents
- Hazardous materials incidents
- Response to industrial and commercial
emergencies
- Medical First Response in cooperation with
Emergency Health Services
- Mutual Aid response to other emergency services
in Colchester, East Hants & Halifax Counties
- Hall rental for receptions, meetings seminars
- Fire prevention & health promotion programs
in the community and public schools
- Falls prevention training and inspections
- Sale and installation of civic signs
- Training: fire
prevention, first aid, CPR, safety, health
promotion and emergency preparedness New
volunteers are currently being recruited. If you
have interest in any aspect of the services
provided, want to find more about joining
Brookfield Fire & Emergency Services or to
request a non emergency service please call
673-2965.
Regular training and
meetings are held on Wednesday evenings beginning
at 7:00 pm. Emergency
Preparedness
Brookfield Fire & Emergency Services wants to
ensure that all citizens, businesses and
organizations understand their responsibilities in
an emergency and what resources are available at
the local, municipal, provincial and federal
levels. The following material is available to
help you plan: Bulletin:
- issued February, 2008, this outlines your
responsibilities, especially during the first 72
hours of an emergency. This document is designed
to print on 8.5" x 14" size paper.
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Links
to related web-sites:
Check the Roads before you
leave for a drive: Nova
Scotia Highway Cameras
Environment Canada Weather
office: weatheroffice
N.S. Emergency Management Office (EMO):
gov.ns.ca/emo
Is your Family Prepared? - Public Safety
Canada getprepared
(has an online emergency plan form to
complete and download).
Canadian Red Cross: redcross.ca
Nova Scotia Power s Critical Care Program (for
customers whose health is directly dependent
on electricity such as customers on oxygen
machines or dialysis Nova Scotia Power will
provide detailed power outage information
directly to you, through the program) http://www.nspower.ca/customer_service/outage_information/restoration/critical.shtml
Vial of Life Program, VON - Colchester-East
Hants, Truro, NS, 893-3803
Civic address street number sign
(blue-and-white) to order your sign
locally, call Brookfield Fire &
Emergency Services, 902-673-2965.
SPAN Program: In addition, we encourage
neighbours to help each other out before,
during and following an emergency; this helps
to free up volunteer fire fighters and
volunteer medical first responders for more
serious situations. The purpose of the SPAN
program (Strengthening Preparedness Among
Neighbours) is to enable neighbourhoods to be
self-sufficient for a minimum of 72 hours
following a major disaster. To learn how your
road or neighbourhood can participate, call
Brookfield Fire & Emergency Services at
673-2965.
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