District of North Vancouver

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This is the official District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services facebook page. The DNVFRS is the largest of 3 fire departments on North Shore. We are here to make North Vancouver a safer community.

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District of North Vancouver Fire Department serves the District’s 82,500 residents within approximately 160 square kilometers of urban and wild-land territory. The Department employs 120 suppression staff organized over four platoons in five strategically located fire stations in the Lynn Valley, Lynnmour, Montroyal, Norgate, and Seymour areas. The North Vancouver Fire Department also employs seven Command Officers, one Training Officer, seven Fire Prevention Education Personnel, two Mechanical Staff, and three Administrative Assistants. The only training and fire apparatus mechanical maintenance facility on the North Shore is also owned and operated by the North Vancouver Fire Department.

The District of North Vancouver is unique in profile and geography: Canada’s largest and busiest ocean port is located in the District of North Vancouver; it is home to a variety of waterfront industries; the Trans Canada highway is a major arterial route through the community; it contains single and multi-family residences, a vibrant business community, rivers, canyons, wilderness trails, and a major commuter bridge.

As a result, the North Vancouver Fire Department delivers a diverse set of emergency services: structural and wildland urban interface firefighting, motor vehicle rescue, high angle rescue, tower crane rescue, swift water rescue, hazardous materials response, pre-hospital medical response, and marine firefighting (in partnership with other port-adjacent fire departments). Support services provided by the North Vancouver Fire Department include training, public education, fire inspection, and mechanical maintenance.

On average, the District of North Vancouver Fire Department responds to 4,200 calls each year and works closely with its partner agencies on the North Shore: the City of North Vancouver Fire Department, West Vancouver Fire Rescue, RCMP, British Columbia Ambulance Service, West Vancouver Police, North Shore Search and Rescue, and the North Shore Emergency Management Office.

The Fire Department holds the unique distinction of being one of the only accredited fire service training providers in British Columbia to offer programs to more than 20 BC departments in areas of Officer Development, Technical Rescue, Fire Service Instructor, and Hazardous Materials Response.