District of Chetwynd - Emergency Services
Emergency Management
The District of Chetwynd fully supports and endorses the efforts and concepts of emergency management. The District has adopted the provincial emergency management model and principals of the BC Emergency Response Management System (BCERMS) and encourages its staff, citizens and businesses to participate in emergency management personally, corporately and its families.
The District of Chetwynd takes emergency management seriously; however, emergency preparedness is everyone's responsibility in order to minimize the potential impacts on the District, its employees, infastructure and services.
Evan Saugstad
Mayor
Plan Authority
The District of Chetwynd Emergency Measures Bylaw No. 859/G/07 provides District officials the authority to establish the emergency program, to expend money and to take the necessary action to prepare for and respond to any major emergency or disaster that may impact the District of Chetwynd.
The District of Chetwynd is responsible for meeting any obligations and requirements outlined in the Emergency Program Act and related regulations. The legislation requires local authorities to prepare or cause to be prepared local emergency plans, to establish and maintain an emergency management organization, to develop and implement emergency plans and other emergency preparedness, response and recovery measures.
Contacts
The following list of contacts are provided to the public. Please call them directly or click on their name to go to their website if one is available.
If you are looking for a contact and cannot locate on the website or in the phone book, please contact the Municipal Office at 250-401-4100.
Chetwynd Volunteer Fire Department 
The Chetwynd Volunteer Fire Department consists of 30 active volunteers including the Fire Chief, Leo Sabulsky.
Equipment used by the department are a pumper truck, ladder truck, initial response vehicle and a rescue vehicle. The Chetwynd Volunteer Fire Department responds to fires within the designated fire boundary of the District of Chetwynd and motor vehicle rescues beyond the boundaries.
