Fires and other emergencies in Ness Lake need Ness Lake people to respond.
Chief Percy Dergez and Capt. Chris Dugdale of the Ness Lake Volunteer Fire Department are calling on their community to boost their numbers at the NLVFD.
"Our community is fortunate to have a great firehall with current equipment, trained personnel and strong leadership," they said. "We ask that community members consider joining our hall now. We need more members, ages 19-plus. Come and join yourself, bring a friend or spouse, bring a neighbour. We especially are looking for more people during the day to help with our daytime calls."
Anyone interested can drop by the NLVFD firehall on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. to meet the chief and other members of the crew, look over the trucks and other equipment, tour the facility, and ask questions about what it's like to help defend your neighbourhood from emergencies. In areas outside the coverage of the Prince George Fire Rescue Service, if the neighbours don't come, no one is coming when things go wrong.
"We provide fantastic training," said Dergez and Dugdale. "Members say some of their favourite training has been ice driving, where you drive a loaded fire engine on ice roads at the airport with an expert instructor, ice rescue, airbrakes, first responders (medical) and structure fire practice at Live Fire (a facility where we learn to safely and efficiently extinguish a structure fire, with an 800 degree actual fire)."
In addition to keeping your neighbours more safe, being a part of the NLVFD opens you up to meet other community members, do meaningful work on behalf of community, serve the public, and share great experiences and a lot of laughs with others doing the same.
For more information call Dergez at 250-552-0311 or Dugdale at 250-612-9489.
