FAQs
- Review the technical decision-making process and assessments completed to date which have established both the need for a new facility and site location.
- Provide advice to Council on concept designs for the facility.
- Make recommendations on funding strategies and approval process for the project.
- Identify potential future community benefits.
- Coordinate opportunities to provide the public with information and gather feedback.
- 6965 Courtenay Street
- 5001 Joyce Avenue
- 7050 Alberni Street
- 7070 Barnet Street
- 4726 Manson Avenue
- 7160 Duncan Street
- 7516 Duncan Street
- Jim Agius, Chair
- Robert Hill, Vice Chair
- Councillor Maggie Hathaway, Council representative and Protective Services portfolio holder
- Mark Anderson
- Deborah Dee
- Stephen Short
Why do we need a new facility?
The City needs a new Fire Hall/Emergency Services facility that can accommodate the needs of the the Fire Rescue Department, which has occupied a temporary facility for 25 years. The current site cannot accommodate needed expansion or be upgraded to post disaster standards. The existing facility was built as an ancillary hall in 1959. In 1996 the Fire Commissioner's Office recommended decommissioning the Westview Fire Hall and the Cranberry Training Centre and building a new centrally located building. A full feasibility study of the existing building was done by Johnston Davidson Architects - see Documents for the report.
Why is it called an Emergency Services Facility and not a Fire Hall?
The Fire Service has evolved to include responsibilities far beyond fires. Powell River Fire Rescue mandates include everything from fires, hazardous materials response to medical emergency calls. The name change is a shift in culture that is more inclusive of our role in the community as well as to be welcoming for potential partnerships with other emergency services agencies. In light of this, the Committee will be asking Council to change the name to “Fire Hall/Emergency Services Facility”.
What is the Emergency Services Facility Advisory Select Committee?
Council is undertaking a Fire Hall/Emergency Services Facility Review to consider current and future emergency response needs of the City, and the health and safety of its emergency personnel. The Fire Hall/Emergency Services Facility Advisory Select Committee was created in support of this review.
The Committee's mandate is to:
Did the Committee review other sites in addition to the Public Works Yard and Barnet Street locations?
Yes. In total, the Committee looked at seven sites:
Who was on the Committee?
The following people are the current members appointed to the Committee