Fire Rescue Services

Contacting Fire Rescue Services

Within the Cowichan Valley, there are 15 Volunteer Fire Departments and 21 fire stations.

Please call 9-1-1 only for real emergencies. Volunteers get paged from their regular work and family lives to respond to emergencies.

The halls are not manned, so you may need to leave a message for non-emergency issues in your area at the following numbers:

Cowichan Valley Regional District 
 250.746.2561

Municipality of North Cowichan 
 250.746.3107

Honeymoon Bay Fire Rescue
250.749.6355
Chemainus Hall250.746.3107
Malahat Fire Rescue
250.743.2103
Crofton Hall250.746.3107
Mesachie Lake Fire Rescue250.749.6277
Maple Bay Hall250.746.3107
North Oyster Fire Rescue250.245.5111
Southend Hall250.746.3107
Sahtlam Fire Rescue250.748.1242


Youbou Fire Rescue250.745.3414


Cowichan Bay Improvement District
City of Duncan 250.746.6126
Cowichan Bay VFD250.743.7111
Duncan VFD250.746.5211
Mill Bay Improvement District
Town of Ladysmith  250.245.6400
Mill Bay VFD250.743.5563
Ladysmith Fire Rescue250.245.6436
Shawnigan Lake Improvement District
Town of Lake Cowichan  250.749.6681
Shawnigan Lake VFD250.743.2042
Lake Cowichan VFD250.749.3522
Thetis Island Improvement District
Caycuse Volunteer Fire Department Society
Thetis Island VFD250.246.4834
Caycuse VFD250.745.3435