Musical firefighters and friends, serving Metro Vancouver since 1927!
Trumpet section, plus the drummer, of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band, in rehearsal in Burnaby.
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band, with Randene Neill of Global TV BC, at Bright Nights in Stanley Park 2010
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Lieutenant Dan belts out a Frank Sinatra tune!
Brian, Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Chief Training Officer (Ret.) and trumpet player, preparing for an official City of Vancouver event.
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Band and Ladder Truck at the very start of the 2009 Rogers Santa Claus Parade, Vancouver, BC.
The Fire Chief, John McKearney, with tuba players Dan and Wayne sporting their brand new instruments, in front of Ladder 7 before the 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Vancouver.
Our brand-new banner, made especially for the 2010 Olympics Torch Relay!
Herald Trumpets, performing for an official City of Vancouver event.
The band and official City and Olympics 2010 dignitaries gather on the steps of City Hall after the Olympic Torch Relay passed by.
Fire Engine No. 5
The kids especially love it when the band brings a fire truck or two along for the gig!
2011 Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ceremony
A solemn occasion in which we honoured fallen firefighters in a ceremony held on the steps of the Legislature Building in Victoria, BC.
As of Oct 22, 2012, the Firefighters Band is now a formal unit of Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services!
This year’s Chinese New Year in Vancouver’s Chinatown will be the biggest one ever in its 40-year history, and we’ll be there again this year, too!
Full details on the parade are here: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mobileweb/2013/02/15/vancouver-chinese-new-year-parade-2013_n_2690382.html
Make sure you view the photo gallery from last year, too. Lots of amazing colours and costumes, and we even made the 14th frame! (Hint: we usually walk just in front of the fire trucks.)
Gung Hey Fat Choi!
Santa Claus is coming to town, and we’re going to join him with our band and our fire trucks! Dec 2, 2012, 1 pm, downtown Vancouver, and we’re almost at the very beginning so DON’T BE LATE or we’ll miss seeing you!
Help Metro Vancouver fire fighters support the Burn Fund by coming out and enjoying Bright Nights in Stanley Park, an annual season of festive lighting, decorations, food, and Christmas train that has raised over $1.4 million in 14 years…so far!
Join us as we support the Burnaby Christmas Bureau’s inaugural Christmas Angel Breakfast on Nov 30, 2012! Bring a new unwrapped toy or cash for a delicious pancake breakfast in the ballroom or a continental-breakfast-to-go. The VFRS Band will be playing from 7 am to…we’re not sure. 8 am, maybe? BONUS: Jim Byrnes and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will also be there!
