Provider: Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department
Emergency fire, medical first response, road rescue and other incident response.
The Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department serves Coombs, Hilliers and Whiskey Creek in RDN Electoral Area F. It responds to structure fires, motor vehicle collisions, medical first response, road rescue, structural collapse, wildland events and burning complaints. Coombs Hall #1 is at 992 Ford Road; Hall #2 is at 3241 Alberni Highway, Qualicum Beach. For emergencies call 911.
Free mobile groceries and personal-care/clothing packs across Oceanside, including Qualicum Bay, year-round.
Manna Homeless Society’s mobile service delivers groceries and customized personal-care and clothing survival packs free of charge, operating 365 days a year. Its stated service area includes Qualicum Bay. Volunteer nurses also provide no-charge basic medical attention and advice to people experiencing poverty or homelessness in Oceanside; naloxone is distributed to people who choose to use it. The provider does not publish a mobile visit schedule or request procedure on this page; contact Manna to ask about access.
Service Areas: Bowser, Coombs, Errington, Hilliers, Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Bay, Qualicum Beach, Whisky Creek