New Deal For Fire Dispatch

Written by Glen Morrison 107.5 KISSFM Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:04
Regional fire and emergency calls in the North Okanagan will continue to be dispatched out of Chilliwack. Regional District of North Okanagan directors have approved a five year extension of their contract with a Fraser Valley-based service. "It runs from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, and that's with the Fraser Valley Regional District," says board vice chair Rick Fairbairn. Fairbairn says there was no opposition to the move, even though Vernon operates it's own stand alone system. "I thought there might have been some in light of the city of Vernon, but it was passed," he says. The contract will cost $35,000 next year, rising to $38,500 by 2019, representing a 2% increase over the term. The fee in 2014, the final year of the original agreement is $34,000.
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Vernon's four representatives and Lumby director Kevin Acton were opposed to renewing the contract, prefering to use Vernon's dispatch service.