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August 13, 1976 .

File No. 1947

Mayor and Council,

City of Port Coquitlam,
2272 McAllister Ave.,
Port Coquitiam, B.C. V3C

Dear Sirs:

Re: Establishment of a Fire Fighters' College
Item 7(b) iiotices of Motion
Council Meeting August 3, 1976

This is to advise the following resolution of Council was adopted
at the regular August 3rd meeting: ,

WHEREAS the Firefighting services of British Columbia, including Burnaby's
need upgrading as British Columbia's fire loss record is one of the worst
_in the Canadian Provinces as indicated by the Keenleyside Report and the
Federal Fire Marshal Office;

AND WHEREAS present training is not standardized and for this reason lacks
support from the Tire Fighters;

AND WHEREAS the management of Firefighting services is a complex fenction
involving many disciplines;

AND WHEREAS management courses for Fire Fignters are scarcely available snd
those that are available in British Columbia are not adequate and not recognized

between Firefighting bodies;

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AND WHEREAS the Keenleyside Report recommends a Provincial Fire Fightezs' College
be established to provide the needed training to a Provincial standard re-
cognized by all Firefighting bodies in British Columbia;

HOW THERLFORE BE IT RESGLVED that this Council petition the Provincial Governmant
to make an inmediate start on a Fire Fighters’ College for the Province of
British Colunbia and that copies of this Resolution be sent to the Greater

Vancouver Regional District member Municipalities and to the Union of S8ritish

Colunbia Municipalities asking them to write to the Provineiel Governaent
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endorsing this resolution.