City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

HEALTH AND SAFETY SERVICES

FIRE SERVICES Surrey has a total of 15 fire halls and 393 fire fighters, of which 20 are volunteers. This strong contingent of volunteers makes Surrey’s Fire Department one of the largest composite fire departments in Canada. Surrey’s fire fighting equipment includes a wide variety of emergency vehicles made up of fire trucks, rescue vehicles, hazardous response vehicles, aerial towers, an aerial platform, and a mobile command post (which is shared with the RCMP). The Fire Prevention Division performs building inspections to ensure compliance to code and fire scene investigations for cause determination. The Public Education Division provides programs on fire prevention and survival skills to schools, businesses, and community groups. Surrey Fire Department LAW ENFORCEMENT The City of Surrey contracts with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to provide municipal level police services. The Surrey detachment is the largest RCMP detachment in Canada with 843 police members (regular and civilian), a support staff of 290 full-time and 12 part-time municipal employees plus over 100 auxiliaries, 100 community volunteers, and 38 volunteers in the Auxiliary program. In November 2018, Council voted unanimously to move forward with an independent municipal police service and served notice to the Province that it would terminate the contracted policing by the RCMP. Since that time, the City has been working to transition to a new policing model. On August 22, 2019, Surrey received a green light to go ahead with the establishment of the Surrey Police. In December 2019, the Provincial Municipal Policing Transition Study Committee provided recommendations to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General to establish the Surrey Police Board. On February 27, 2020, the Minister authorized the establishment of the Surrey Police Board. It is anticipated that the transition to the City’s independent municipal police service will occur in 2021. 8767 – 132nd Street Surrey, BC V3W 4P1 604-543-6700 (non-emergency) www.surrey.ca/city-services/4696.aspx

Surrey Court Services Provincial/Family Courts 14340 – 57th Avenue Surrey, BC V3X 1B2 604-572-2200 www.provincialcourt.bc.ca

Surrey RCMP 14355 – 57th Avenue Surrey, BC V3X 1A9 604-599-0502 (non-emergency) www.surrey.rcmp.ca

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