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 Fire Department
The fire department started around 1955 with a volunteer fire chief and approximately ten firefighters. The department used an old truck with a triplex pump that was later used for street flushing.

The very first pumper, a 1956 Ford with a 625gpm pump and a 500-gallon tank, was driven all the way back to Drayton Valley from Ontario. This unit is still housed in the fire hall and is officially registered as an antique.

It was replaced by a 1978 Ford C900 with a 840gpm pump and a 500-gallon tank. In 1981, the department added a Ford 350 cargo-van rescue-truck to its fleet. 1994 saw the addition of a very modern, custom-equipped Volvo F43 with a 1250gpm pump and a 500-gallon-tank fire truck. Other safety equipment includes a boat, a rescue unit, a bush truck and a water tank. The water tank was purchased by Brazeau County.

The new millennium saw the development of multi-storey residential buildings. To meet the new, fire-safety demands, Town Council approved the purchase of a new, 75-foot-ladder, fire truck. The vehicle was delivered in June, 2003. The Department is now equipped with three fire engines: one pumper, one aerial and one rescue truck.

Fire protection staff in the region includes a full-time Fire Chief, a Training and Safety Officer and more than 30 volunteer firefighters. Through a Joint Operation Agreement, the fire department also provides fire service throughout Brazeau County.

For more information, contact our Fire Chief Tom Thomson: 780-542-2216

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