The Oak Bay Police and Oak Bay Fire Department are hosting a public open house and equipment and technology expo at the Oak Bay Fireman’s Park at 1703 Monterey Ave. on Saturday, October 18, between 11 am and 3 pm.

Featured will be some of our partner agencies and the specialty services that we have access to through these partnerships. The following specialty resources from Saanich Police will be in attendance; the Canine Section, Ident Section, Dive Section, Traffic motorcycles, and the Saanich Police Incident Command Vehicle. The RCMP Marine Unit, the RCMP Police Helicopter from Comox, and the local Oak Bay Sea Rescue Unit will also be on display, as well as the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team with some of their equipment and from VicPD, the Crowd Management Unit.

The Oak Bay Fire Department is also hosting tours of the Fire Hall and will have some fire safety and emergency preparedness displays. It is a family and kid-friendly event, so there will be special displays and interactive demonstrations for the kids, as well as free hot dogs and drinks, compliments of the Oak Bay Firefighters, and a scavenger hunt for the kids with great prizes including a kid’s bike from Oak Bay Bikes! Some of the other organizations in attendance will be Greater Victoria Victim Services, Oak Bay Volunteers, Child Find BC, and ICBC with a “distracted walking course”. There will also be public tours of the police station and the fire hall.

This will be a great opportunity for the public to meet the local police and fire personnel and see what public safety resources we have available to us.