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Government is complex and confusing at the best of times, and finding all applicable information with regard to documents, jurisdictions and procedures can be difficult. This website collates a wide range of publicly available information sources about the structure and operations of the Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement District (GFPID) in one place. You won’t find detailed descriptions, analysis or commentary here, but you will find links to information available elsewhere.

Whenever possible we link to documents published on the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department website, or official government websites and resources. If the material we reference is not published there, we look for other websites that host the relevant documentation.

This website is a work in progress. Watch for more information over time.

If you can point us to additional useful documentation or reports, or have corrections of fact, please contact us by using the contact form —we welcome your input. Note that we will not respond to abusive communications or expressions of opinion, no matter how amusing we find them.

THANK YOU

Pulling together information on complicated subjects is a lot of work, and this site only exists because of the practical support of many people. Thanks to those of you who have helped with writing, critiquing content, and proofreading. Thank you to those who have provided us with information, or showed us where important documents can be found online. Thank you to those who have asked questions at trustee meetings in order to get information we need.

DISCLAIMERS

  1. This site is not affiliated with the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department, nor with the Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement Trustees.
  2. This site is independently run by Gabriola community members and has no affiliation with any business on Gabriola or elsewhere.
  3. This site compiles resources and documents published elsewhere, on both public-sector and private websites. A link to an external website does not imply endorsement of all content on that website.
  4. We do not link to materials on social media sites. This is because these sites are not fully accessible to all, even their public pages, and therefore any content referenced cannot be verified by all readers. We also believe that people should not be forced to register as users of proprietorial profit-making sites in order to find out what is happening in their community and the larger world.