The South Quadra Island Fire Protection service has announced it’s moving forward with a $2.9 million replacement project of fire hall #2 located in Heriot Bay, after receiving provincial approval.
The service received landowner approval for a construction borrowing bylaw through an alternative approval process (AAP) in March.
According to the Quadra Island fire department, the new and improved fire hall will be modelled after other successful designs from across Vancouver Island, meeting modern safety and building standards.
“We’ve secured all the funding and we’re hoping to start construction in March,” says Quadra Island fire chief Sharon Clandening, stating “[the fire hall] is going to make a huge difference to the community, especially in Heriot Bay… the station its replacing has no running water and no septic.”
In a post on social media, the department states it has been approved to issue official tax receipts for donations it receives — making donations tax-deductible and reducing the tax burden for property owners.
“We just recently got designated to have charitable donation status,” says Clandening. “This means we can give tax receipts out to people who give us money, which is exciting because we could never do that in the past.”
The service says the new fire hall will serve the community for 50+ years and construction is aimed to be finished by 2027.
