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May

VIDEO: Urban Search and Rescue has a new training centre!

On May 5, 2011, Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) and the City of Vancouver, together with Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), BC Ambulance Service, and the Vancouver Police Department, held a grand opening ceremony for the new USAR training centre.

Of course, the band was there!

Here is a little video that tells the story of the event.

YouTube Link: http://youtu.be/tCpKZHxKUPY

(P.S. One day soon we hope to have some good recordings of our own band, but we’re not quite there yet. Getting the […]

Apr

EVENT: Ocean Concrete Open House, April 30, 2011

By VFRS Band |

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Come on out to Ocean Concrete on Granville Island on April 30, 2011! There will be gigantic concrete trucks the kids can check out, tours, displays, and much more for the whole family to enjoy. In addition, we’ll be playing (weather permitting) for a while around lunchtime, so bring your clapping hands and tapping toes and join us for some springtime musical fun!

You might be interested to know that we are regularly reminded by one of our civilian band mates, […]

Mar

Pictures from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2011

By VFRS Band | News, Photos

Here are some pictures from the 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Parade on a gorgeous spring day in downtown Vancouver!

For the parade, we marshalled (got organized with all the other parade entrants) on the deck of the Granville Street bridge, which meant we got to soak in the sun for a while, and get a few photos of some of the other entrants, before the parade rolled out. Then we travelled north (the wrong way!) down the Howe Street on-ramp and […]

Mar

Gump Cup 2011

By VFRS Band | Band Calendar, Members Only

The Gump Cup is an annual, friendly hockey match between the best teams the fire departments and the police departments have to put on the ice. It’s also a fund raiser for selected charities.

Mar