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CELEBRATING “IT’S PHENOMENAL. HE KNOWS EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THIS PLACE”
two decades OF SERVICE
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD
by JAMIE SHINKEWSKI
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or the longest serving firefighter in Sun Peaks, two decades of work passed by quickly.
Arne Fevang was awarded with the Governor General of Canada’s Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal for 20 years of service as a volunteer firefighter in Sun Peaks. Fevang received the award at the annual Sun Peaks Firefighters’ Gala this past November. “It didn’t take long to do 20 years to tell you the truth,” Fevang said.
Fevang joined Sun Peaks Fire Rescue (SPFR) approximately six weeks into its inception in 1995 and has been a key member ever since, serving as chief from 1997 to 2000. He originally moved to Sun Peaks to work as a chef at Masa’s Bar + Grill and volunteered as a firefighter because “it was something to do on a Wednesday night.” He was a part of the construction of the fire hall and has brought his knowledge and experience from working many different jobs around the resort to SPFR. “In the early years he did a
lot of the laying out of the roads and the sewers. That’s information that you’ll find in books and he’s ‘I know where that pipe is, it’s over here’ and that’s because he put the pipe in,” said Fire Chief Colin Cannon. “It’s phenomenal. He knows every nook and cranny of this place.” The 56-year-old has been on the response team for many of the major emergencies throughout the years. Although he wasn’t amongst the first responders, he was part of the crew that fought the infamous Delta Hotel fire in 2001. “I showed up late because I
was not on the mountain at the time but it was pretty intense. It was overwhelming,” Fevang recalled. “It was amazing that a small fire department with one fire truck could hold that thing.” The most memorable moment with his tenure with SPFR came last winter when the emergency crews were credited with saving the life of a patient who had gone into cardiac arrest. “That heart attack last winter, that was probably the craziest one I’ve been on,” Fevang said. “I’ve been on a lot of car accidents where people are dead, but that was the only time we’ve
ever brought somebody back from the dead. Back at the fire hall after everybody was looking at each other like, ‘did that really happen?’” “As a group you can handle that sort of thing and it’s kind of overwhelming but amazing at the same time. You have the other end of that too because we’ll do CPR and they’ll die on you too. You get the whole range of emotions.” His experience is also valuable for the new members of SPFR. “Arne loves this fire department. His presence definitely builds a lot of comradery,” said Captain Luke ....Continued on Page 7
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