Sooke FD on the web!

A collection of links to websites that mention the Sooke Fire Department and/or its activities.

Article/Link (click to read full article): Barn structure posed challenges

Snippet: Just as Sooke volunteer firefighters prepared to enjoy dinner with their families on March 23, 2007, pagers alerted them to a reported structure fire. 

Article/Link (click to read full article): Propane leak, vapour cloud force evacuation of Sooke

Snippet: It was one of those typical, damp, west-coast fall evenings that was interrupted when the Sooke Fire Department in B.C. was toned out for a propane leak at a Payless gas station.
 

Article/Link (click to read full article): Freak traffic accident challenges Sooke Fire Department

Snippet: Imagine the scene, a fully loaded semi-truck and trailer hanging over the edge and up the arch support of the only bridge leading to Sooke, British Columbia, leaving its population of 11,000 people virtually cut off from the rest of Greater Victoria.

Article/Link (click to read full article): Innovative Public Education: How one B.C. department built a program from scratch

Snippet: Fire safety education in our community - where do we begin? This was the question the Sooke Volunteer Fire Department wrestled with about seven years ago. Like most fire departments, our 40 volunteers were kept busy keeping up with training and attending calls.

Article/Link (click to read full article): Sooke Fire Department learns from devastating crash.

Snippet: When members of the fire service are paged to attend to motor vehicle accidents it’s usually just another day on the job. But when members of the Sooke Fire Department were paged to an accident just 300 metres from their own station, the scene that met them was anything but routine.
 

Article/Link (click to read full article): Wind wreaks havoc: Massive storm takes toll on Sooke.

Snippet: With huge trees crashing down throughout the community and wind gusts reaching speeds of up to 175 km/h, members of the Sooke Fire Department were pressed into action when calls for assistance began to flood in. For at least three members of the department those urgent calls would come from home.