Langley City Firefighters Association IAFF L3253
5785 203 St Langley, BC, Canada

Make sure to keep your Christmas tree well watered this holiday season!

Langley City firefighters have been campaigning all month for men’s health through Movember Canada. These members have grown moustaches and we need your help selecting our MOst Valuable MOustache! Like this post and comment the number that corresponds with your favourite moustache!... If you would like to donate to an incredible cause, follow the link below. This link will take you too our teams page! https://ca.movember.com/team/2391735 Movember

Congratulations Chief Fry on your appointment as Fire Chief of Vancouver! https://globalnews.ca//7475115/new-vancouver-fire-chief-k/

Wow! As of today (Nov 24), the jackpot is over $80,000 and growing. Deadline is midnight December 31. Prize Draw is January 4. Get your tickets here: https:/.../brightnights.rafflenexus.com/a/todd Support the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund by getting your 50/50 raffle tickets today! This fundraiser was launched to recoup funds lost during the pandemic. All proceeds will fund programs and support for burn survivors across BC and the Yukon!

On Remembrance Day, we must pause to honour, reflect on, and thank the men and women that sacrificed so much so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. We must also honour and thank those that continue to serve their country and defend those freedoms.

Congratulations to the newly appointed Assistant Chief of Langley City. Chief Miley served the citizens of Langley for 20 years as a member of Local 3253, as well as 11 years as Union President. Congratulations in your new role! @colfirefighters

Your Surrey Fire Fighters are proud to support Mike Starchuk for Surrey-Cloverdale-NDP. #cloverdale #ndp #bcelection2020 Mike Starchuk, BC NDP Candidate Surrey - Cloverdale

Today is #worldmentalhealthday and we encourage everyone to #shareitdontwearit & support each other, especially during these challenges times. @emergencyworkerhealth @findacounsellor @worksafebc @themhcc @cmhanational @cmha_bc @themensinitiative

All aboard for tickets to #BrightNightsYVR 2020! You can now book your spot for one of Vancouver's favourite holiday traditions. With a modified, safety-focused... experience, your family outing can stay on track without worry. Things might look a little different this year, but donations to the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund will still be accepted at the front entrance by volunteers - so after all the ups and downs in 2020, it's an excellent way to get into the giving season. Please note that in order to adhere to social distancing measures, masks will be required, and the train plaza will not be open to explore as in past years. But that won't dampen our spirits! We appreciate everyone's understanding, and with everyone on board, we just know the train will be filled with joy, awe, and a whole lot of holiday fun! Book your spots now, and let's make Stanley Park bright this season! Tickets and more info at www.brightnights.ca. Presented by Vancouver Park Board.

Langley City Firefighters are on location at Safeway (208th and Fraser Hwy) raising donations and awareness for Muscular Dystrophy. We will be here all weekend! Come out and see us!

https://bc.ctvnews.ca//send-firefighters-to-all-industrial

Langley City firefighters would like to thank the community, who generously donated to our cause in raising $9,743 for Muscular Dystrophy. Despite challenges with the current pandemic, we proudly made this donation to MD, which brought us to $140,000 donated over the last 25 years! Muscular Dystrophy Canada BC Professional Fire Fighters IAFF Canada - AIP... Langley Advance Times See more

Be sure to support the Firefighters Burn Fund by purchasing your 50/50 tickets now!

As we approach Halloween, let’s be sure to stay safe, and follow the provincial guidelines for an enjoyable weekend! #IAFF #bcpffa

With school back in session, so is our snack program! This program allows our members to provide snacks to local schools, and is funded from our annual fundraisers along with assistance from Township of Langley Firefighters Charitable Society. Township of Langley Firefighters IAFF Local 4550 Township of Langley Firefighters' Charities

Congratulations Mike! https://www.iaff.org//british-columbia-fire-fighter-elec/

Stay alert in the kitchen! Cooking is the number one cause of home fires. A #firepreventionweek message from #langleycity #firefighters and BCs Professional Fire Fighters

Another great day of live fire training at the Township of Langley fire training facility. Continual training opportunities like this keep our members more prepared to serve the citizens of Langley City. @colfirefighters Township of Langley Firefighters IAFF Local 4550

MOVEMBER GIVEAWAY Anyone who makes a donation to our Movember fundraiser by October 5, will receive a FREE t-shirt! All you need to do is check out our page, make a $20 minimum donation, and leave your contact info in the notes section. Make sure to donate by Monday, October 5! https://ca.movember.com/mospace/14260483

This time the patient died, after waiting three hours for an ambulance. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/she-d-still-be-alive-b-c-family-wants Tragically, more than two... hours after this woman's family placed the call for an ambulance, with the family pleading with ambulance dispatchers, BCEHS finally notified Coquitlam Fire and Rescue, who arrived a few minutes later, assessed the woman's condition and called BCEHS to urge them to elevate the urgency. But by then it was too late. Initial 911 call: 5:01 pm Coq. Fire notified: 7:11 pm Ambulance arrives: 8:07 pm Two years ago, I raised concerns about a new ambulance dispatch protocol that no longer notified Fire and Rescue of medical calls in their community, other than calls of the highest acuity. https://www.facebook.com/notes/richard-stewart/bc-ambulance-shouldnt-keep-firerescue-in-the-dark/1922735904413174 In that case, an 80-year-old woman had been left lying on hot concrete in the sun in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park waiting more than an hour for an ambulance, an incident that took place ACROSS THE STREET from Coquitlam's Firehall No. 1. BCEHS (Emergency Health Services) dispatchers didn't notify Coquitlam Fire and Rescue; when I came upon the volunteers caring for the woman, I called CFR directly, and fire crews promptly arrived and were able to correct inaccurate information that BCEHS had (they had her age as in her 50s, for example, when she was 80), which raised the call priority significantly. At the time, I urged the parties to resolve the battle, as I predicted that one day someone would die because BCEHS won't tell local fire departments of various medical emergencies. This, in spite of the fact that Fire first-responders, with significant training in emergency first aid, can pretty much get to an emergency anywhere in Coquitlam in 4 minutes. I truly value and respect professional paramedics, who train tremendously long and achieve a high level of proficiency in a wide range of medical crises. We need more ambulances and more paramedics, to be sure, and paramedics need to be properly paid (they currently aren't) and supported. I fully support paramedics in these issues, as I don't think the Province treats them well or supports them adequately. But in the meantime this shouldn't be a turf war; it should support what's best for patients. :-( We need BCEHS to commit to working WITH communities to improve the situation. I offer condolences to the family and friends of Coquitlam resident Maureen Bower.

Today is the 2020 IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Virtual Remembrance. We pause to remember 245 Fire Fighters who made the ultimate sacrifice and died in the ...line of duty this year. 245 men and women will be honoured and added to the #IAFFWallOfHonor @ 1pm. #neverforget Click on the link to live stream the ceremony www.iaff.org/fffm20 or International Association of Fire Fighters or www.youtube.com/IAFFtV/live

The second Sunday in September of each year is designated in memory of fire fighters who have fallen in the line of duty. The Government of Canada recognizes th...e dangers fire fighters often face when carrying out their duties, and the ultimate sacrifice of fire fighters who have given their lives in the line of duty. Fire Fighters’’ National Memorial Day will commemorate their courage, their selflessness, and their unwavering commitment to serving our communities.

Tomorrow Sept 11 2020, let’s not forget what happened 19 years ago. Social media will be flooded with images; however, as the clock ticks lets pause for a moment and think about all those we lost. Times are EST.