Fire Protection

Gambier Island does not have municipal fire protection. We do not have the population of trained young people able to act as volunteers, nor the budget to pay for an accredited, fully trained volunteer fire department. What we do have is the Gambier Fire Equipment Group or the GFEG. The GFEG was established in 1980 by neighbors for the purpose of acquiring fire suppression equipment. It is currently championed by Stu Watson. The group organizes equipment displays, equipment practices as well as publishing The Gambier Fire Equipment Group News - see the links on the right to download issues.

This topographical map of Gambier Island was supplied to GFEG by the Sunshine Coast Regional District Graphical Information Systems Department in January 2008. It includes elevation contours (spaced at 20 metres), streams, lakes, parks & wetlands. The legal parcels/lots shown include civic address numbers for those lots where a building permit has been registered with SCRD. Many of the streets named are simply “named rights-of-way”, or “unimproved access roads” that may not have access at this time.

Note: The map loads into Acrobat Reader - initially at 6% of original size. Use of the “zoom” feature at 200-500% will give you plenty of good detail (depending on the resolution of your monitor).”

Austin Trails Fire Equipment: A group of Austin Trails residents purchased a 'rapid response' unit, manufactured by Quik Corp of Australia. It uses a high-pressure/low volume approach and includes a water tank, ½” diameter hoses, and foam mix gun. The pump is powered by an electric-start 9 HP Honda engine. The equipment is installed in a 4-wheel drive pick-up truck. The truck and equipment reside near the cul-de-sac on Mountain Road. Contact Vic Arnold if you have any questions