This continues the transcripts of proceedings at the regular general meeting of the Gabriola Fire Protection Improvement District was held on July 2nd, 2025.
Q+A: Fire Chief’s Report
TRUSTEE DIANA MOHER asked if the chief could share something giving a sense of the effect on the community by being first responders and EMRs dealing with things like CPR calls. Chief Sprogis: “I think Gabriola has seen now about 11 saves,” and noted a recent cardiac arrest that off-duty firefighters were able to attend within a few seconds.
TRUSTEE OLIVER BUSSLER: On the call volume report section, I recall back in October last year, you had changed the response matrix, you were doing a pilot program where only the duty officer would respond to certain calls, and I think you would provide, routinely, updates in terms of the impact that was having. And I haven't heard that in a while, so I just wanted to confirm that that's still being used, and how long do you plan on running that [?] program?