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Canyon-Lister Fire Department Chief Glenn Guthrie says an “automatic aid” agreement for fire protection is a big step toward a valley-wide fire department. “It is a benefit to every resident in the service area,” he said. “We now have more resources coming to every fire and it’s of special value in the daytime, when we have the lowest number of firefighters who can respond to a call.” Creston Fire Rescue Chief Mike Moore says the system is designed to improve response time and quality. “The goal of an automatic aid program is to provide seamless service to enhance the level of life safety and property protection available to citizens,” he said. “In sim-
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plest terms, it is an agreement that ensures that the resources of the fire station nearest to a reported structural fire emergency are dispatched automatically, regardless of local jurisdiction boundaries.”
“It is a benefit to every resident in the area.” Glenn Guthrie CLFD Chief
The automatic aid program (AAP) was created after a Regional District of Central Kootenay director and fire chief refused to embrace a plan by three fire chiefs to unite into a single service.
Dr. Jeremy Kass hasn’t taken any shortcuts in setting up his first practice since becoming a family physician. Kass, who with his wife, Alexandra, arrived in Creston last month from Whitehorse, Yukon, will be working with Dr. Daile Hoffmann in her 14th Avenue clinic. “We probably picked the worst time possible to make the trip,” he said of their move south. They left Whitehorse with Jeremy at the wheel of a U-Haul rental truck and Alex following in their Subaru.
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“After the 2010 regional fire service work done by the area fire chiefs failed due to what I would describe as autonomy and governance concerns at the local government level, the discussion between the local fire chiefs began on how to improve operational responses in the Creston Valley for the citizens,” Moore said. “There are many examples where each fire department individually does not possess the required equipment for many types of responses, so an agreement on the types of resources to be automatically sent to specific types of incidents seemed like a reasonable solution. For example, each fire department has only one water tender for shuttling water to fires where there are no fire hydrants available.
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