Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
In 1988, concerned members of the Cortes community formed the Cortes Island First Aid Society (CIFAS). They were trained in basic first aid and provided volunteer service to the island for the next four years. A retired industrial ambulance was procured by Sully and Marg Sullivan and outfitted with some medical equipment. Prior to this people were transported in private cars and trucks.
In 1992, the British Columbia Ambulance Service opened a station on Cortes which continued and expanded that service, and CEFAS was dissolved.
Custodial History
Bonnie MacDonald held these records from the time of her involvement in the founding of CEFAS; she donated them to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
Series consists of five folders containing a hand-written constitution, meeting agendas, planning documents, a list of donations and a schedule for first aid respondents on call.
Series consists of five folders containing a hand-written constitution, meeting agendas, planning documents, a list of donations and a schedule for first aid respondents on call.
Series consists of one folder containing responses to a survey of islanders designed to establish the feasibility of establishing an emergency first aid service.
Series consists of one folder containing responses to a survey of islanders designed to establish the feasibility of establishing an emergency first aid service.
Page 2 - 4 photographs of Oliver and Mary Ward on Manson's Landing wharf; 1 photograph of a group of people on the wharf, including Eve Rickenbacker and Maurice Dronsfield.
Page 2 - 4 photographs of Oliver and Mary Ward on Manson's Landing wharf; 1 photograph of a group of people on the wharf, including Eve Rickenbacker and Maurice Dronsfield.
Five (5) images of people on the Cortes Bay dock. Includes Marg DeMarris, Oliver & Mary Ward, Maurice Dronsfield, Eva Freeman. Midge [?], Cliff [?], Buster Christensen
Five (5) images of people on the Cortes Bay dock. Includes Marg DeMarris, Oliver & Mary Ward, Maurice Dronsfield, Eva Freeman. Midge [?], Cliff [?], Buster Christensen
Two (2) images of people at the Cortes Bay dock. Two (2) images from a party at the Jenkins home, showing Mary Ward, Lottie McDevitt, Nancy Jenkins and Eva Freeman.
Two (2) images of people at the Cortes Bay dock. Two (2) images from a party at the Jenkins home, showing Mary Ward, Lottie McDevitt, Nancy Jenkins and Eva Freeman.
Five (5) images of a bon voyage party for Lynn (Robertson) Summers and Kenny Summers, showing the couple. Also pictured: Duncan Robertson, Doreen Reedel, and Beth Graham.
Five (5) images of a bon voyage party for Lynn (Robertson) Summers and Kenny Summers, showing the couple. Also pictured: Duncan Robertson, Doreen Reedel, and Beth Graham.