Field Fire Service: The preliminary results of the Alternative Approval Process for the proposed Field Fire & Rescue Service Establishment indicated no opposition to the service.
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) conducted an Alternative Approval Process (AAP) to determine if the residents of Field were willing to accept the transfer of Field Fire & Rescue from Parks Canada to a CSRD-operated fire department and rescue service.
The AAP started June 26, 2025, and ended at 4 PM on July 28, 2025.
In an Alternative Approval Process, the Local Government Act sets out that if at least 10 per cent of the electors in the proposed service area record their opposition to a proposal, the plan must either proceed to referendum or be abandoned.
For Field Fire & Rescue Service Establishment Bylaw No. 5901, 2025, the number of valid elector responses required to prevent the Board from proceeding with its establishment was 14. The number of valid elector response forms received by the CSRD in opposition to the service was 0.
The CSRD Board will now discuss the Alternative Approval Process results at the Regular Board Meeting scheduled for August 21, 2025.
