Fire stations and services
Fire Services & Stations
The Kelowna Fire Department proudly serves our community to keep residents, businesses, and neighbourhoods safe.
Meet your fire department
The Kelowna Fire Department protects our community with fast, professional emergency response and year‑round public safety services. Our team responds to fires, rescues, medical emergencies, hazardous materials incidents, and provides ongoing fire prevention, inspections, public education, and emergency planning.
The Fire Prevention Branch keeps Kelowna safe by:
- Inspecting buildings, businesses, mobile food vendors, storage areas, and hazardous operations to ensure compliance with the BC Fire Code, BC Building Code, and Fire and Life Safety Bylaw No. 10760.
- Reviewing construction plans and development applications for new buildings, renovations, and additions to ensure safe design, access, water supply, and fire protection systems.
- Inspecting and overseeing the design, installation, maintenance, and testing of fire protection systems and equipment.
- Regulating the storage, use, processing, handling, and on‑site transportation of hazardous materials, flammable liquids, gases, and combustible solids.
- Identifying and addressing hazards from outside fires, including vegetation, debris, trash, and other combustible materials.
- Ensuring fire department access requirements are met to support effective emergency response.
- Regulating and inspecting special events such as trade shows, exhibits, amusement parks, and other temporary or high‑risk occupancies.
- Investigating fires, explosions, and hazardous materials incidents to support safety, prevention, and compliance.
- Delivering fire and life safety education through programs like the Fire Safety House, school visits, fire‑extinguisher training, and building safety presentations.
- Issuing and managing open burning and fireworks permits where permitted under City bylaws.
- Representing the Fire Department on City committees to support coordinated planning and enhance public safety.
Seven stations, one unified fire service
With seven stations across the city and a dedicated rescue boat dock, the department operates a modern fleet supported by more than 165 full‑time firefighters, about 25 paid‑on‑call volunteers, and a regional dispatch centre that handles 9‑1‑1 fire calls for the Central Okanagan and Okanagan Similkameen.
Join our team, explore careers with us
Join us as a career or volunteer member and help protect our community through fire suppression, rescue operations, and public safety education.
