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062912_rowat_fire_1The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) and the City of Williams Lake negotiations on a new fringe area fire protection agreement have unfortunately broken down after the City rejected the new proposal.  

Currently, under the Local Services Act, fire protection services are provided to the majority of CRD fringe area residents through an agreement between the Province of BC and the City of Williams Lake. In addition to the provincial agreement, there are two smaller agreements between the CRD and the City of Williams Lake for the provision of fire protection services to other residents in the Williams Lake fringe area. 

The Province notified the City of Williams Lake and the Cariboo Regional District of the need to establish a new agreement and eliminate the provincial agreement. This new agreement would have seen the Williams Lake Fire Department continue to provide fire protection services to fringe area residents under one amalgamated agreement between the City and the CRD. The new proposal, developed by the Williams Lake Fire Protection Sub-Committee established last fall by the Central Cariboo Joint Committee, would have resulted in a more equitable cost sharing arrangement for all residents.

The Cariboo Regional District will now be investigating what alternative options may be available.

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