The Onslow-Belmont Fire Brigade is an organization dedicated to saving lives and protecting property through fire prevention, suppression and public education. Our coverage area includes almost 1800 homes and businesses covering 225 sq km's of land in Colchester County. It includes forest, remote mountain areas, marsh, farm land, rivers, residential subdivisions, commercial developments, 22km's of 100 series highways and 10 km's of CN rail tracks. We have 35-40 active members and several more honorary and support members. We are all volunteers with no compensation for our time.

​

Our call volume for 2025 was 220 calls (Dec 1, 2024 - Nov 30, 2025). Of these, 5 were structure fires and 1 was a vehicle fires. The estimated $ loss due to fires including structures and vehicles for the year was $1,314,000. We attended 110 medical calls and motor vehicle accidents accounted for 47 calls.  Mutual Aid calls from neighbouring fire brigades totalled 26. We responded to 7 brush and/or grass fires and 3 flue fires. We also had 21 miscellaneous calls. Miscellaneous calls include things like alarm activation's, carbon monoxide alarms, gas leaks, garbage fires, cats in trees, etc.

​

In 2025 we recorded 14,258 hours on Brigade activities:  

- 1986 hours at incidents.

- 1089 hours spent on training.

- 11,183 hours spent on administration (meetings, fund raising, maintenance, etc).  

 

We held our annual fundraiser, the Harvest Sale & Auction in late September. Through the support of our community, we raised just over $20,000. Our only other fundraiser beside our tax base is the

 NS Firefighters 50/50 Jackpot draw, held each week. This has been a successful fundraiser for us since it started in 2020 and we appreciate your support!!

​

You can see our full Annual Report link in the menu above or click here.