Eckville Fire Department

05/13/2026

A huge Thank You to Our Volunteers' Employers.
The Eckville Fire Department extends its deepest gratitude to the local businesses, managers, and employers who support our paid-on-call and volunteer members.We understand that allowing employees to drop what they are doing and respond to emergency calls creates an immediate operational and financial impact on your business.

Your willingness to accommodate these sudden interruptions directly enables our fire department to maintain rapid response times and protect our community.Your support is a cornerstone of public safety in Eckville and Lacombe County. By sharing your valuable personnel during their shifts, you are actively helping to save lives, safeguard property, and strengthen our community.

Thank you for being our vital partners in emergency response.

05/07/2026

Fire Restriction in Effect for Lacombe County.

🔥 Fire Restriction in Effect – Lacombe County 🔥
Due to exceptionally dry and windy conditions, a Fire Restriction came into effect at NOON (12:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, for all of Lacombe County.

WHAT THIS MEANS:
• Fire permits are restricted/suspended
• No new fire permits will be issued
• Existing fires that are not permitted must be extinguished immediately
• This restriction may be upgraded to a Fire Ban at any time

✅ Permitted during a Fire Restriction:
• Recreation fires*
• Portable propane fire pits
• Gas or propane stoves & barbecues
• Catalytic or infrared-style heaters

🚫 Not Permitted:
• Fires on public lands (including random camping & backcountry)
• Burning brush piles, debris, or windrows
• Fireworks

🔥Please take fire safety seriously. Conditions can change quickly.🔥
Learn more about fire levels: www.lacombecounty.com/fire-levels

STAY INFORMED:
Register for Voyent Alert! to receive County-specific emergency notifications: www.lacombecounty.com/alert

05/02/2026

An absolute great time tonight at the youth fire extinguisher course put on at our department. Some solid theory reinforced with great practical skills to help better prepare 10 of our communities youth for using a fire extinguisher in their own home or simply how to just smother out a fire in a pan by placing the lid on it to remove the fires oxygen. The kids had great questions and enthusiasm towards tonight's lesson. We finished the evening with a demonstration for the class on why we never use water to extinguisher a grease fire. We want to take a minute to thank our sponsors for this course: GTI/The Safety Depot. These 2 companies allowed it so that each of the youth in today's course also got to take home a brand new extinguisher to mount in their home. We cant thank them enough for their support on this project. We would also like to thank Centratech for supplying the extinguishers for the course itself. Lastly, we have a few members that took this project from its initial stages and immediately ran with it. With out their time and dedication, none of tonight would have been possible and the great lessons learnt tonight from our youth would not have happened. So thank you to our Eckville Fire Volunteers as well for supporting and turning the "hey what do you think about this" ideas and making them into great evenings of lessons and skills.

04/29/2026

We have had some individuals pull out from the course, if there is anyone wanting to join us friday, we have 3 or 4 spots available. Please reach out to [email protected].

Youth Fire Extinguisher Training Opportunity
The Eckville Fire Department is pleased to offer a youth fire extinguisher training night for residents of Eckville and the surrounding area.
This training opportunity is open to youth aged 12–16 who are interested in learning about fire safety and gaining hands-on experience using a fire extinguisher in a controlled, supervised environment.
The goal of this session is to educate youth on the proper use of fire extinguishers so they are better prepared to respond safely and confidently should a real-life situation ever arise.
The evening will begin with a classroom session at the fire hall, where members of the Eckville Fire Department will cover:

Fire extinguisher types and construction
Proper usage techniques
Important safety considerations and do’s and don’ts

Following the classroom portion, participants will take part in a live-fire practical exercise, where they will have the opportunity to safely operate a fire extinguisher under direct supervision.
Event Details:
📅 Date: May 1
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Eckville Fire Hall
A parent or guardian waiver is required for all participants. To be added to the participant list, please email [email protected].

04/05/2026

We still have 5 unclaimed spots for this training. Reach out to email attached and we will send off the waiver for your youth to join us!

04/01/2026

Youth Fire Extinguisher Training Opportunity
The Eckville Fire Department is pleased to offer a youth fire extinguisher training night for residents of Eckville and the surrounding area.
This training opportunity is open to youth aged 12–16 who are interested in learning about fire safety and gaining hands-on experience using a fire extinguisher in a controlled, supervised environment.
The goal of this session is to educate youth on the proper use of fire extinguishers so they are better prepared to respond safely and confidently should a real-life situation ever arise.
The evening will begin with a classroom session at the fire hall, where members of the Eckville Fire Department will cover:

Fire extinguisher types and construction
Proper usage techniques
Important safety considerations and do’s and don’ts

Following the classroom portion, participants will take part in a live-fire practical exercise, where they will have the opportunity to safely operate a fire extinguisher under direct supervision.
Event Details:
📅 Date: May 1
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Eckville Fire Hall
A parent or guardian waiver is required for all participants. To be added to the participant list, please email [email protected].

01/28/2026

We at Eckville Fire have seen a lot of changes in these last few months due to retirements. With it comes with follow up changes to our officer roles... we are very excited to announce the promotion of 5 of our members into their new roles.

District Fire Chief - John Philips
Deputy Fire Chief - Ryan Dixon
Captain - Jordan Ramsay
Lieutenant - Brett Burak
Lieutenant - Scott Finkbeiner

Each of these members comes with years of experience and knowledge that makes them key choices for their roles and the driving force to continue building off our predecessors legacies to be and to perform as the best possible team we can for our community!

If you see these members around, please take a minute and congratulate them. They have worked for years bettering themselves and demonstrating the key mindsets and behaviors to be successful with our community first organization.

12/15/2025

After 22 years of dedicated service, we celebrate the retirement of our Fire Chief Stuart Carde and extend our deepest gratitude for a career defined by profound leadership and unwavering commitment. Throughout his tenure, he led with integrity, purpose, and a clear vision that shaped the department into what it is today.

His focus on professionalism and training set a standard of excellence that continues to guide us. As a result of his leadership, our department is stronger, more prepared, and better equipped to serve our community. He consistently emphasized the importance of doing the job the right way, and that dedication has left a lasting impact on every member of the department, past and current.

We will truly miss the fire ground knowledge he has brought to the table- knowledge gained through experience, shared generously, and applied with confidence. His ability to lead by example and mentor others has influenced countless careers and will continue to resonate long after his retirement.

Thank you, Chief, for 22 years of service, leadership, and sacrifice. Your legacy will remain a cornerstone of this department, and you will always be a part of our fire family. We wish you the very best in your well earned retirement.

12/06/2025

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone for their exceptional generosity! Our community has consistently demonstrated remarkable support for our toy drive, which began in 2015, with donations exceeding double the initial amount and continuing to rise annually. This year's total reached $11,380.40 and 171 toys. Your contributions are invaluable, and we are truly appreciative. Merry Christmas!

2015- $5000
2016- $5227.82
2017- $6002.50
2018- $6030.49
2019- $5470.95
2020- $1130.00
2021- $8030.70
2022- $7257.45
2023- $8428.00
2024- $10,086.05

Making a total of $74,044.36 over the last 11 years! Thank you again to everyone who’s donated and all our volunteers who have been a part of this event!
A huge thank you to our dear Chief Stuart Carde who has prioritized Santa’s Anonymous since the beginning!

12/06/2025

Hey Eckville! Don’t forget to stop and see us for santas anonymous! We are south of the train tracks, downtown, and right by UFA! And if you have a propane fire pit we will not say no!