Emergency & Protective Services / Public Safety

Emergency Alerts & Preparedness

• RDKB Emergency Operations for current emergency alerts, evacuation alerts and orders, wildfire conditions, freshet conditions, and emergency preparedness information: https://emergency.rdkb.com/

• Business Disaster Action Plan for business continuity and personal planning, local resources, provincial dashboards and resources, and the regional Economic Resiliency Action Plan: https://bizdap.ca/
• Emergency Info BC for emergency alerts and evacuation orders: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/
• Interactive Wildfire Map for information on wildfires in BC: https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/map
• Flood Warning & Advisory Map for information on flooding in BC: http://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/index.htm

Police services & reporting crime

The City of Trail police services are provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The Trail and Greater District Detachment serves Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Montrose, and Fruitvale, as well as surrounding rural areas. 

For emergencies, dial 9-1-1.
If you have a crime that requires a police officer, call the non-emergency number at 250-364-2566.

Use the RCMP's Online Reporting tool if:

• You have lost something that costs less than $5000
• Someone has stolen something from you that costs less than $5000
• Someone has vandalized your property or vehicle and it will cost less than $5000 to repair it
• The crime happened within the jurisdiction of the Trail RCMP
• You want to report a driving complaint that is not in progress

Fire services

• The City of Trail fire services are provided by Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue, Company 4.
• The offices of the Regional Fire Rescue are located in Trail. Fourteen career and 10 paid on-call firefighters are stationed in the Trail Fire Hall and are supported by paid on-call companies from Rossland, Warfield, Genelle, Montrose and Fruitvale. All departments are equipped with up-to-date firefighting equipment.
• First responder services are provided by career firefighters out of the Trail Fire Hall.

Search and Rescue (SaR)

• The area is serviced by the South Columbia Search and Rescue group.
• The group assists with other SAR groups in BC and most often with the local SAR groups from Rossland, Castlegar and Nelson. All members are trained in GSAR (ground and inland water search and rescue).

Community Safety Task Force

• Community safety and security is of great concern to our citizens and Trail City Council believes that engagement is required in order to address these issues in the community.
• Collaboration with our emergency service providers including RCMP, the healthcare system, nonprofit groups providing supportive programs and multiple levels of government would assist in identifying root causes and potential solutions.

The Community Safety Task Force consists of a multidisciplinary group of individuals to help manage community safety as a high priority. Membership on the committee includes a broad cross-section of individuals with a vested interest in community safety.  

• The committee provides input to Council on matters impacting community safety and on strategies to prevent and reduce crime in the community. 

Sharps (needles) safety in our community

• The proper disposal of sharps is a concern amongst our citizens.  Visit our Sharps Safety page for more information.