Public Notices & News

NOTICE: Fire Dispatch Service Change - Residents & Business

Municipality of the County of Pictou
Department of Emergency Service

NOTICE: FIRE DISPATCH SERVICE CHANGE

Dear Residents of the Municipality of Pictou County, Towns of Pictou, Trenton, Westville, and Stellarton (Excluding the Town of New Glasgow)

We would like to inform you that most of the counties’ fire services have recently transitioned to a new dispatch provider. The new provider is Valley Communications, located at 217 Belcher Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 1E2, Canada.

If you have alarm monitoring on your properties or businesses within any of the fire department districts listed below, we kindly request you to contact your alarm monitoring company at your earliest convenience to inform them of this change and ensure there are no delays in receiving a timely response from your local fire station.

Effected fire department coverage area:

Abercrombie Fire Department                       Linacy Fire Department
Alma Fire Department                                   Little Harbour Fire Department
Barney’s River Fire Department                    Merigomish Fire Department
Blue Mountain Fire Department                    Pictou Fire Department
Caribou Fire Department                               Pictou Landing Fire Department
East River Valley Fire Department                Plymouth Fire Department
Eureka Fire Department                                River John Fire Department
Scotsburn Fire Department                           Trenton Fire Department
Thorburn Fire Department                            Westville Fire Department
West River Fire Department                         Stellarton Fire Department
Pictou Island Fire Department

We are asking residents to ensure this change has been made by the end of January.  Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this change, please feel free to contact Evan Hale, Director of Emergency Services with the Municipality of Pictou County. You can contact Evan at Evan.Hale@munpict.ca or by phone at 902-485-2242.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter and thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Evan Hale
Director, Department of Emergency Services
Municipality of Pictou County

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pdf Expropriation 24.05.22.pdf (1.16 MB)

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