Emergency Services
| Acme Volunteer Fire Department PO Box 489 528 Nolan Street T0M 0A0 Phone: (403) 546-6759 Fax: (403) 546-6751 If you require emergency assistance please phone 911 If you require bylaw related services please contact the Village of Acme |
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Commitment
Practices are held the first three Wednesdays of every month from 7 until 9 pm. Please feel free to show up and check it out to get a feel as to if this is something you might enjoy. If you have questions about volunteering you can contact Fire Chief John Schmidt (403) 546-6759, please leave a message. You do not need any experience as training is provided at no cost to you. Some examples include:
- Health Care Provider First Aid/CPR
- AED
- Q (Air Brake) Endorsement
- Fire Fighter Training
- vehicle extraction
- structure fires
- fire engine (pump) operation
- traffic control
We are especially in need of members (male or female) that would be available to respond to daytime calls as many of our present members commute to work during the weekdays.
Some of the emergencies our members attend to include
- Structure fires
- Grass/bale fires
- Vehicle fires
- Motor Vehicle Collisions
- Medical First Response
- downed power lines
- gas leaks
- fire alarms
If you feel as though you would be comfortable attending only medical first responses or only fire calls that is okay. Members are provided with a radio that they carry with them at times when they are available to respond. Red Deer dispatch tones out the individual fire departments after determining that a 911 call requires emergency response in that fire department area.
We provide and receive mutual aid with Linden and Carbon Fire Departments as needed.
We provide medical first response to residents until an ambulance arrives and then assist Kneehill EMS as needed.
Some members of our fire department are fire guardians and are authorized to issue rural fire permits on behalf of Kneehill County. Please give them notice as to your request for a fire permit before you get ready to burn as they are not always available. You can also contact Kneehill County for permits.
We operate under the Kneehill Emergency services manager Niall Sharpe, he looks after fire investigations, organizing fire fighter courses, fire permits, etc.
Jane Allen worked very hard to form the Acme Fire Department Association and from there enabled us to work a casino. The profits from this Casino enabled us to replace our Utility 26 with Squad 27 complete with vehicle extraction tools.