How we are Responded

Each operational member of the Riddells Creek Fire Brigade are issued their own electronic pager. In the event of an emergency that requires the brigade to attend, a text message is delivered to each of the Riddells Creek pagers which in turn, calls upon the brigade members to begin travelling to the fire station.

Typically the Riddells Creek Fire Brigade will have an appliance on the way to the fire about 5 minutes after the emergency call was received.

In the years prior to the invention of the electronic pagers, we relied on the town siren to alert brigade members of an emergency. Today we still operate the town siren for daytime emergencies which act’s as a secondary way of alerting our members. It also helps to notify the community that their fire brigade are being responded.

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