IAFF Local 1856 Firefighters are trained in Operations and Technician levels in Confined Space, Auto extrication and Technical rope Rescue

IAFF Local 1856 Firefighters serve as members of the Capital Region District's Hazardous Materials Team. Oak Bay Local 1856 members were instrumental in this teams formation and early success, all our officers stepped up to become the team leaders, and contributed thousands of hours developing training and standards of the team at its inception in late 2005 and early 2006. Today we still have members who continue to lead this team

IAFF Local 1856 Firefighters are part of the BCEHS as first responders. We assist the provincial ambulance service with patient pre-hospital care, including AED and CPR care for residents in our Municipality. First Reposnders are more than half of our emergency calls, and mostly we arrive before the Provinsial Ambulance to provide patient care and stabilization of residents. Cohesicvely working togetherether with BCAS.