The Port Blandford Volunteer Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency services to the municipality. The department was formed on October 7, 1974 by 20 local members and a limited amount of equipment, including an extension ladder, a fire axe, a portable pump and 500 feet of hose. A wooden box was built to store the hoses and in the event of a fire the first person with a truck to pass by the Fire Hall would load the supplies aboard their vehicle. The following year the department received a GMC 1975 intermediate pumper truck, which is still active to this day. In addition, the department has had several emergency vans that carry extra supplies and bunker gear, and in 2006, the department took delivery of a new Freightliner triple combination pumper.
Volunteer membership is available to citizens at 18 years of age and older who are willing to donate some time and talents to helping the community. Applications are available at the Town Office and all active members are expected to attend all meetings and training sessions whenever possible.
As of the summer of 2022, the members of the fire department include:
Fire Chief: Andrew Oldford
First Assistant Chief: Alvin White
Second Assistant Chief: Jim Perry
Secretary/Treasurer: Lenny Green
Members:
Paul Chatman
Ray Chatman
Tony Elliott
Brandon Greening
Sheldon Greening
Christopher Harris
William Harris
Rodney Hynes
Kirk Kirby
Clyde Oldford
Scott Osmond
P.J. Pelley
Paul Pelley
Shannon Penney
Kyle Russell
Nick St. Hilaire
Toni Stagg
Blaine Tucker
Jordon White
Samantha White
Honourary Members:
Randy Chatman
Vida Greening
Donovan Holloway
Murley Holloway
Roland Keats
Members Gone But Not Forgotten:
Leo Adams
Ernest Clouter
Walter Garrett
Cyril Greening
Wilfred Hobbs
Roy Kirby
David Skiffington
Gerald White
Zackary White
Charles Pardy
Fire Chiefs:
2018 – present Andrew Oldford
2014 – 2018 Alvin White
2011 – 2014 Kirk Kirby
1995 – 2010 Winston Peddle
1992 – 1994 William Harris
1984 – 1991 Gerald White
1981 – 1983 Roy Kirby
1980 – 1980 Randolph Greening
1979 – 1979 Carl Greening
1977 – 1978 Randolph Greening
1974 – 1976 Roy Kirby
Fireman of the Year
Donated in Memory of Fire Chief Gerald White
2020 & 2021 (No one) due to Covid
2019 Andrew Oldford
2018 Andrew Oldford
2017 Andrew Oldford
2016 David Skiffington and Zachary White
2015 Andrew Oldford
2014 Alvin White
2013 Robert Greening
2012 Walter Greening
2011 Paul Chatman
2010 Winston Peddle
2009 Ray Chatman
2008 Alvin White
2007 Paul Chatman
2006 Winston Peddle
2005 Kirk Kirby
2004 David Skiffington
2003 Paul Chatman
2002 Arthur Chatman, Ray Chatman, Shannon Penney, Jim Perry and Alvin White
2001 Winston Peddle
2000 Donovan Holloway
1999 Christopher Harris
1998 Kirk Kirby
1997 Dean Peddle
1996 Juanita Holloway
1995 Randolph Greening
1994 Donovan Holloway
1993 Randolph Greening
1992 Winston Peddle
1991 Alvin White
1990 Jim Perry
Special Awards
On June 29, 2003 at the Annual Fire Chiefs & Firefighters Convention, special awards were presented to five firemen from the Port Blandford Volunteer Fire Department who helped save Mr. Michael Carroll who was trapped in a vehicle which had plunged into the Southwest River on the Trans Canada Highway at 3:00pm on January 2, 2002. The five members were Arthur Chatman, Ray Chatman, Shannon Penney, Jim Perry and Alvin White.