FIRE PROTECTION
The Municipal Act provides that every municipality must provide fire protection services within its boundaries.
The Rural Municipality of Reynolds Fire Department – The Reynolds Fire Department in Prawda is responsible for fire protection for the areas of Spruce Siding, Medika, Hadashville, Prawda, McMunn and East Braintree and currently has 16 active members. The Reynolds Fire Department protects our community from the ravages of fire. Although the majority are vehicle incidents the Municipality is able to recover some response costs from Manitoba Public Insurance. The Fire Department holds scheduled practices and continually upgrades and trains the team. A new (used) fire truck was purchased this in 2022 and a new (used) Light Rescue Truck was purchased in fall 2023. The Fire Chief, Don McDougall, will be pleased to respond to questions about the department or give you a tour, call and leave a message at 204-392-8745 or at the firehall 204-426-2265, Don can also be reached at
fc@rmofreynolds.com .
In addition to the Reynolds Fire Department, the RM of Reynolds has fire protection agreements with adjoining municipalities to supply fire fighting services for certain areas of the municipality as follows:
The Rural Municipality of Whitemouth Fire Department - Julius and Rennie areas
The Town of Beausejour and the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead Fire Department - Molson and Julius areas
The Rural Municipality of Springfield Fire Department - Ste. Rita and Contour areas
The Richer Fire Brigade - Richer East area
The Rural Municipality of La Broquerie - Marchand area
The Rural Municipality of Tache - Ross area
Fire Chief – Don McDougall
Ward: Richer East
Level of Training: Level 1 & 2
Years of Service: 22 years
Deputy Fire Chief – Dave Hood
Ward: Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 10 years
Captain - Terrance Birss
Ward: Hadashville/Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 21 years
Captain - Chad Unger
Ward: Hadashville/Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 6 years
Captain - Nicholas Friesen
Ward: Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 10 years
Captain - Erin Kopchuk(Galuszka)
Ward: Hadashville
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 2 years
Sandy Koop
Ward: Hadashville
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 2 years
Kevin Cabral
Ward: Hadashville
Enrolled in Level 1
Years of Service: 1 year
Michael Medeiros
Ward: Hadashville
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 1 year
Rebecca Wall
Ward: East Braintree/McMunn
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 1 year
Marcel Toews
Ward: Hadashville/Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 12 years
Paul Barkman
Ward: Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 2 years
Brennan McDougall
Ward: Richer East
Level of Training: Level 1 & 2
Years of Service: 6 years
Justin Krause
Ward: Richer East
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 1 year
Austin Van Damme
Ward: Hadashville/Prawda
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 1 year
Gage Courchene
Ward: Richer East
Level of Training: Level 1
Years of Service: 7 years
Kieran McDougall
Ward: Richer East
Level of Training: New
Years of Service: New 2024