Satellite Fire Hall

Bowen Island’s temporary designated EOC location is the Satellite Fire Hall on Adams Road, but there isn’t enough space to run an effective response (there is backup power but no room). The secondary EOC is at Municipal Hall.

Type: Fire station; Category: building; Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America; Address: 1421 Adams Road

Placing the satellite hall on the west side of the Island allowed us to locate the proposed Main Fire Hall closer to Snug Cove, where most of the dense residential and commercial structures are located—and where the greatest risk exists. How much land does the Fire Hall require? About an acre.

In 2011, BIM built the Adams Road satellite fire hall and in 2017, Bowen Islanders agreed 81 per cent in favour of borrowing up to $3 million for a new fire hall. A fire hall design proposed in 2018 came in millions over budget during the tendering process but BIM awarded the contract for a much simpler but still post-disaster building last year.

Satellite Fire Hall Surface Lot • 6 Spaces • $