1 South Island Contacts
2 Mid Island Contacts
3 North Island / Mid Coast Contacts
4 Sunshine Coast Contacts
5 Pemberton Contacts
6 Fraser Contacts

Telephone: 250 286-7560/7645
Mailing Address: 905 Nursery Road, Campbell River, BC V9H 1P4

The North Island/Mid Coast Zone is the Coastal Fire Centre's largest zone. The zone extends from northern Vancouver Island to the West Coast (Gold River) and to the East Coast (Fanny Bay). This zone includes the small islands from Quadra Island north. This zone also includes areas extending to the Coast Mountains of mainland B.C. including Bella Coola, Tweedsmuir Park, Cape Carlton and Bute Inlet.

There are two fire bases located in the North Island/Mid Coast Zone. The Quinsam fire base on Vancouver Island is located in Campbell River and is home to three, three-person initial attack crews. The fire base in Bella Coola is used seasonally.

Telephone: 604 740-8981
Mailing Address: Box 950 Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0

The Sunshine Coast Zone includes mainland areas and communities within the Coast Mountains, extending to Howe Sound in the south with Sechelt and Gibsons, and Bute Inlet to the north with Powell River. Also included are island communities of Gambier, Keats, Nelson, Texada, Savary, East and West Redonda, Cortes, Read, Maurelle, Raza and Stuart.

The Sunshine Coast Zone office is located in Sechelt. There are two fire bases, one in Sechelt and one in Powell River. The zone has three, three-person initial attack crews. Two are stationed in Sechelt and one in Powell River.

Telephone: 604 894-5401
Mailing Address: Box 157, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0

The Pemberton Zone includes the southern area of the Coast Mountains and extends southwest to include Whistler and Squamish and Lions Bay, and northeast to Pemberton, Darcy and through Ash Pass.

The Pemberton Zone has two fire bases, one in Pemberton and one in Squamish. The Pemberton fire base is home to two, three-person initial attack crews as well as two, 20-person unit crews, and the Squamish fire base has one, three-person initial attack crew.

Telephone: 250 951.4223
Mailing Address: 665 Allsbrook Road, Parksville, BC V9P 2T3

The Mid Island Zone office is located near the Coastal Fire Centre in Parksville. The Mid Island Zone includes the Nanaimo Regional District and the Northern Gulf Islands and extends north to Fanny Bay, west to the Walbran, and includes Tofino, Ucluelet and Stewardson Inlet.

There are two fire bases located in the Mid Island Zone; the Errington fire base in Parksville and the Port Alberni fire base located at the Port Alberni airport. Three, three-person initial attack crews are stationed at the Errington fire base, while the Port Alberni base is home to the 20-person Thunderbirds unit crew.

Telephone: 604 858.4742
Mailing Address: Box 3070, Station Main, Cultus Lake BC V2R 5H6

The Fraser Zone is in the Coastal Fire Centre's most populated area. The Zone Office is located in Cultus Lake, and includes Vancouver, Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Bowen Island. It extends east into the Fraser Valley and includes Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon, the Coquihalla Summit on Hwy 5 and all of Manning Park. The Fraser Zone ensures a coordinated wildfire response to Haida Gwaii, as the availability of frequent commercial flights from the lower mainland (Vancouver to Haida Gwaii) supports efficient deployment of resources as required.

The Fraser Zone has four fire bases. Haig Fire Base in Hope has four, three-person initial attack crews and one 20-person unit crew. The Cultus Lake base has one 20-person unit crew. The two additional bases in Boston Bar and Manning Park are used seasonally when needed, and resources will be repositioned throughout the zone in response to anticipated fire danger.

Telephone: 250 743.1304
Mailing address: 3815 Trans Canada Hwy S., Cobble Hill, BC V0R 1L7

The Coastal Fire Centre's southern zone extends northeast from Victoria to include the Southern Gulf Islands, Ladysmith, Nanaimo Lakes and west around Nitinat River and Port Renfrew.

The South Island Zone has one base located in Cobble Hill. Three three-person initial attack crews are stationed at the Cobble Hill Fire Base.