Fire Hall 1 in Valleycliffe (Alex Munro)

Project Details

Status: Completed
Priority: Critical
Budget: $16.7 M (2021)

The new Squamish Fire Rescue (SFR) headquarters and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) are now operational, marking the completion of the first of three critical facilities identified for priority replacement in the District of Squamish 2019 Real Estate and Facilities Master Plan. The community helped celebrate this milestone on August 26, 2022 when a grand opening took place. Construction of the building took place between Winter 2020 and Summer 2022.

Exterior view of Alex Munro Fire Hall 1

Key highlights of the new fire hall include:

  • Post-disaster building and new Squamish Fire Rescue headquarters, housing the fire and emergency program administration (previously at the Tantalus Fire Hall) and the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC, previously housed at the RCMP building) to Valleycliffe.
  • Moved the building, Emergency Operations Centre, and a new District IT Server Room out of the floodplain.
  • Accommodates firefighter decontamination needs by providing adequate change rooms and shower facilities, a key health and safety component to support cancer prevention.
  • Includes a Hose/Training Tower.
  • The construction of the project also included reducing carbon emissions. The project exceeded its energy reduction targets, improving efficiency by a further 11.5%, and preventing over 85% of the project's construction waste (including demolition of the old Fire Hall) going into landfill.

Resources

Read the background on how the District has arrived at the current Real Estate and Facilities Master Plan.

In April 2018, the District of Squamish completed the Real Estate and Facilities Strategy to ensure it is providing the necessary services to the community in a fiscally responsible manner over the next 25 years.

In 2019, the District completed the Real Estate and Facilities Master Plan to establish a prioritized list of future facility and land investments (“What”), a recommended timeline for making those investments (“When”) and potential funding strategies to support those investments (“How”). Read the Real Estate and Facilities Strategy Executive Summary.