Stay safe fellow firefighters.

With the possibility of power outages, we would like to remind you to be extremely cautious with candles, placement of generators and other heating equipment. Never leave a candle unattended, never use a generator indoors or close to combustible items. Check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to ensure batteries are good and properly working.

The members of the Glace Bay Volunteer Fire Department would like to wish you and your families the very best in the upcoming year. May 2018 be safe and worry free for all, but if you need us, we will be there quickly and with the professionalism this community has known in the past. Please don’t drink and drive.

As the fire chief of Glace Bay, I can’t express how proud I am of my firefighters. Taking time away from their own families to start everyone’s holiday season with taking a week to get ready for the annual Christmas Parade on December 1st. Then another day to deliver nearly 750 treats with Santa to the elementary schools in our community. Then again to spend three more evenings travelling the streets with Santa to add a little more holiday cheer to our community. As we went tonight knowing this was the last possible night to finish a large section of the town, the wind, snow and bone chilling temperatures didn’t damper our spirits to put smiles on the faces of all that came out to see us. As we thaw out here at the station , my members and I want to wish you and your families the safest of holiday seasons and all the best for 2018. Santa just yelled to me as he was making his way to the fire station roof to begin his journey home, “ Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night”.

SANTAS LAST NIGHT Dec 20,2017. Santa will make his final run around the streets of Glace Bay tonight starting at 5:30pm. Here is a route that we hope to get covered ( unless there is a fire of course); Leaving station @5:30pm. Down Reserve St to Victoria St, up Victoria st to Main St. Right on Main St down to McKeen St. Left on McKeen to King Edward. Up King Edward to Queen St. Go up Queen to Bay St. Turn right on Bay St back to Main st. Left on Main St to Cottage St. Down Cottage to Queen. Queen St back to King Edward. Up Argyle St to Beacon St. Left off Beacon to Pleasant St. Right on Currie St to Alexander St. Up Alexander to Main St. Right on Main St to McDonalds Lane. Right on McDonalds Lane back to Currie. Left on Currie to Hillside. Up Hillside to Main St. Right on Main St to Rockdale Ave. Right on Rockdale back to Currie St. Down Currie to Pleasant St. Back up Pleasant to Beacon St. Left on Beacon St to Reservoir Ave. Right on Reservoir Ave down to 5th St. Down West Ave to Connaught Ave. Right onto Lower Wallace Rd. Right on Cooling. Right on West Ave, Right on Connaught Ave. Left on Wallace Rd. Up Wallace Rd to OVEC Jr High, back down Wallace to Connaught Ave. Left on Connaught Ave going all the way to Row St. Down Row St, left on Davidson St, left on Wesley St, left on Hartley St, right on Row St, down Station St. Left on Main St to McIntyres Ln. Left on McIntyres Ln, around Tanya Dr back to MacIntyre Ln( McIntyre Ln from lowerTanya Dr to Connaught will not be done, please bring your family to the corner of McIntyre and Tanya Dr). Off Tanya Dr back to Main St. Down Main St to Nolan’s Ln, Right on Nolan’s Ln, down Gannon St to Reserve St. Right on Reserve St to Phalen Rd. Right on Phalen Rd to Beechwood Dr. Right on Beechwood Dr back to Main. Left on Main St back to Phalen Rd. Back down Phalen Rd to Reserve St. Cross Reserve St to McLeods Rd. Down to Dominion St. Left on Dominion St down to Highland St. DownMechanic St. Left on to Reserve St then back to station. As you can see Santa has a lot of Kilometres to cover tonight, listen for the sirens. We will be going slow enough to allow you time to get everyone outside to see Santa. As stated before we can not do dead end streets, nor go back and redo a street( unless needed to do our route). Some streets will not be totally covered like Beacon St and McIntyres Ln, so make sure you read the coverage area closely so you can get to a spot that we are driving down. This will be Santa’s last night with us in town so we hope everyone can come out and wave as “ The jolly Man” goes by. The members of Glace Bay Volunteer Fire Department would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season. Merry Christmas!!

December 19,2017 Santa will not be going out tonight due to the weather. Hopefully, we will be back to finish the Dominion St, Reserve St, Main St , Connaught Ave areas tomorrow evening( Wednesday). I will update the page in the morning with the route we will try and take. Merry Christmas

MONDAY DECEMBER 18,2017 Santa will once again make his way around the town tonight. We are going to try and guide “ The jolly Fella” through the following route. We will leave the station @5:30pm and make our way down Reserve St, turn right on Rosewood, left on Glenwood, left on Foundry. We will then go right on Reserve St, left on Union St to Fletcher. Down Fletcher to York. Left on York St to Commercial St. Right on Commercial St to Seaview St. Right on Seaview St, Quarry Rd to Pitt St. Down Pitt St to Brookside St. Right on Brookside St to Commercial St. Left on Commercial St to Catherine St. Up Catherine St to Park St. Right on Park St to York St, down to Bruce St. Left on Bruce to Union St. Left on Union St, left on McDougall St, right on York, right on Amelia to Union St. Left on McKenzie St to York St, right on Newton St, left on Union, left to May St back to York St, up Byng St to Union. Down Union, up Reserve St , down Official Rd, right on Main St to Minto St. Up Minto, right on Bluewater, left on Dolphin St, left On Oceancrest, back to Sterling Rd. Down Ocean Ave, left on North St, left on Sterling Rd, right on Jessome St, Right on Ingrams Ln, left on Arthur St, left on Sydney, left to David St, right to Gordon St, left to Roost St. Left on Sterling Rd, right to Howe St, left to Hill St, down Hill to Sterling Rd back down Hay St , then Tennyson and Timmerman St. Then we will go to the Hub and #2 area. After that we will be heading back to the station. Just a reminder, listen for the sirens. We will be driving slow enough to allow you to get out and see Santa. We can not do dead end streets or redo street we have already done. We are going to try to follow this route as closely as possible so we might not do a Street totally as we are trying to reach as many people as possible. Have a safe and Merry Christmas everyone. In the event we have a fire tonight’s route will be postponed.

Santa and his elves heading for South side of town. Cya all in the next few hours.

The Glace Bay Fire Department is honoured that Santa has asked us to show him around the community starting tonight. We are going to be taking the jolly St Nick to the South side of town tonight so listen for the sirens and the HO-HO-HO. We are going to try our best to go the following route. We will leave station @5:30 this evening and go down Reserve St, Union, Commercial,Water, Atlantic, Brookland to South. We will go up South to Blackett , down Birkley back to South down to the hospital. From there back up South, down Douglas, down Borden to McAulay, down South to Quarry Rd. Up Quarry Rd , Dawe back to Douglas, down Douglas to Warren , down Dinn to Quarry Rd. Up Cavalier, down Baron up Dinn to Shaft, Winona, Milton, back to Shaft, down Maxie , up School to Pitt St. Down Brookside, up Lake Rd, cross Edina, down Maple to Brookside, down Dominion St, up Emery, Guy, International, up Dorchester, down Mansfield back to Dominion St. Up Steeles Hill Road, Harrington, Simpson, McLelennan, back down Steeles Hill Rd, Highland, Ling, Hickman then back to station. Just a quick note, listen for sirens, we drive slow so it should give you time to get outside. We can’t redo streets, nor do dead end streets. The route we planned covers most of the area. We love doing this so hopefully most people can make their way to one of the streets we are covering, we can’t wait to see you all!!!! Merry Christmas. This is our first night out and we will be doing the whole town, we are just starting on the South Side tonight and we will keep you updated on the next night we are going out.

The Glace Bay Fire Department will once again be visiting the streets of Glace Bay with Santa in the near future( we are watching weather). We will try and give as much notice to where and when we will be starting. Hopefully we will see you all as we make our way around each evening, watch Facebook for the details coming soon.

A few members of the Glace Bay Volunteer Fire Department and Santa starting their rounds at schools in Glace Bay this morning. In total Santa and his helpers visited 5 schools and gave out over 750 treat bags. May you all have a safe and happy holiday season.

Glace Bay Ladder 2 & Engine 6 assisting Donkin Fire Department at a stubborn fire this afternoon in Donkin. Do to the high water volume needed to operate Glace Bay Ladder 2, numerous tankers were called in from Reserve Mines, Scotchtown and New Victoria. Other departments from Tower Road, Birch Grove and Port Morien also attended scene to assist with the firefighting efforts. Thankfully there were no injuries but even with the heroic efforts of all involved both sides of the duplex were a total loss.