The Pas Fire Department is looking to grow its firefighting team by recruiting paid on-call firefighters to join their ranks. The department is not fully staffed and hopes this can help attract some new members.
“According to our by-law, we are allowed to have a maximum of 30 firefighters,” said The Pas Fire Department Fire Chief Byron Shangraw. “We are currently sitting at 20, so in the best-case scenario, we would like to recruit 10.
“The candidates would start by coming out to our weekly training to see if they enjoy it. If they do, we will then host a recruit training weekend where they will learn all the skills needed to become a defensive firefighter and once completed, they will then receive a pager.