Fire Protection and Emergency Services

The RM of St. Clements employs a full-time Protective Services Manager to coordinate emergency services and by-law enforcement.

RM of St. Clements Fire Truck

The RM of St. Clements has three fire departments:

East Selkirk Fire Department serving the East Selkirk area

East Beaches Fire Department serving the beaches area near Lake Winnipeg

Narol Fire Department

Narol Fire Hall has 25 volunteer firefighters and is located at 5121 Henderson Highway. Narol Fire Hall serves southern St. Clements and other areas when extra help is required. They generally receive between 90 to 100 service calls per year on average.

In 1985, it the third fire department to be established in the RM of St. Clements.  There is a complement of 25 firefighters authorized for that department. When there is a vacancy, Council must approve the filling of vacant positions and a bulletin will be placed in local media, on the RM web page and information boards

The firefighters are paid on call – in other words when they are responding, training, meeting or maintaining equipment etc., they are paid for the work. Generally referred to a volunteers as they generally have work commitments outside of the Fire Department.

The budget of the Narol Fire Department is approximately $200,000 per year.