Protective Services

Drayton Valley is a 911 community.

Law Enforcement
In 1998, the town enhanced the province-wide, 911 emergency-call system to better serve its citizens. Dialing 911 will enable residents to access any emergency service 24 hours a day.

Drayton Valley is served by a 16-member local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police comprised of six municipal and five rural members and is lead by a Staff Sergeant. Drayton Valley also has a Community Constable.

The community of Drayton Valley and the RCMP support the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. DARE is a drug abuse prevention and education program designed to educate elementary, middle and high school children about the consequences of abuse. It also teaches them skills for resisting peer pressure. DARE involves schools, police and parents.

For more information, call 780-542-4456.

Bylaw Enforcement
The Town of Drayton Valley has partnered with the Drayton Valley RCMP to enforce municipal bylaws. For more information or to lodge a complaint, please call the Community Constable.

Gord Chammen: 780-514-2200

Citizens on Patrol Society
The Citizens on Patrol Society provides assistance to the local RCMP by patrolling the community and acting as an extra set of “eyes and ears” to observe and report and any possible criminal activity within Drayton Valley and surrounding areas. Through the promotion of community safety and crime prevention, Citizens on Patrol act as a deterrent for criminal activity within the community. For more information please contact

Const. Herring: 780-542-4456

Animal Control
The Town of Drayton Valley has a contract for the enforcement of Animal Control Bylaws. To lodge a complaint, or for more information, please call the Animal Control Officer.

Doreen Clark: 780-514-0372

Drayton Valley/Brazeau County Fire Services

     Formed around 1955, the fire department had a volunteer Fire Chief and approximately ten firefighters protecting the area. The department used an old truck with a triplex pump that was later used for street flushing.  Drayton Valley/Brazeau County Fire Services currently has 15 volunteer/paid on-call firefighters assigned to Station 1 in Lodgepole, 20 volunteer/paid on-call firefighters assigned to Station 2 in Breton and, 30 volunteer/paid on-call firefighters at Station 3 in Drayton Valley. 

    Station 3 in Drayton Valley also serves as headquarters for the region’s fire services.  With a total staffing level of 65 men and women, the composite fire service  staff in the region includes a full-time Fire Chief, a Deputy Fire Chief in charge of Operations, an Assistant Fire Chief in charge of Training, Inspection and Investigation, a Captain in charge of Maintenance Coordination and an Administrative Assistant. 

   Averaging 250 calls per year, Drayton Valley/Brazeau County Fire Services sees a wide variety of calls throughout the region.  From structure fires to motor vehicle collisions to wildland and wildland-urban interface, the men and women serving to help protect their community is dedicated to the preservation of life, property and the environment from the dangers that lie within these events alongside Policing and EMS professionals.

 

 For more information, phone (780) 514-2216 or go to www.dvffa.com .

Associated Ambulance Service
The Associated Ambulance Service operates in Drayton Valley, Brazeau County, the west end of Wetaskiwin and the Parkland and Yellowhead Counties. Staff includes three full-time paramedics, ten full-time EMTs and 12 part-time EMTs and paramedics. Equipment includes four front-line vehicles—one with advanced life-support and three with basic life-support. There is also a life-support chase car available. The Associated Ambulance Service works closely with the Drayton Valley Fire Department and Search and Rescue.

Cardium Region Victims Services Society
The Cardium Region Victims Services Society is a police-based agency staffed by well-trained individuals. The Victims Services Unit provides the following services:

• Court preparation—stress reduction and court system education
• Court tours
• Updates for youth and family about the progress of court case
• Arranged meeting with Crown Attorney
• Assessments of child/youth’s ability to testify
• Recommendations to court on need for testimonial aids (where applicable)
• Court support on the day of trial
• Assistance completing victim impact statements
• Post-court support for child/youth
• Assistance seeking criminal injury compensation
• Referrals—brokerage to other agencies

Services are provided to victims of sexual abuse, child abuse, peer assault and other interpersonal offences and to witnesses of the above, as well as traffic offences, domestic violence and court-order violations. The coverage area includes Evansburg, Breton, Drayton Valley and other areas of west central Alberta (including Yellowhead County and Brazeau County).

Contact:
Drayton Valley:  780-542-7009 (Jean Williams)
Breton:             780-696-3919
Evansburg:        780-727-2616
Fax:                780-542-9303
E-mail:            dvvsu@incentre.net
Address:           5049 Industrial Road, Box 6060, Drayton Valley T7A 1R6

Pembina Crisis Connection Society
The society coordinates and develops resources aimed at preventing physical, psychological and sexual violence in the community. They also provide abused families with transportation to Women’s shelters.

For information on shelters within the region, check the Drayton Valley Resource Directory.

Phone:           780-621-2363
Distress Line:  1-800-232-7288
Box 6296, Drayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1R7
Gabriella (Gabe) Frey, Coordinator