Gilean Douglas fonds info, 1904-1993. Letter, The Whaletown Women's Institute, 1952. Clippings with info on Gilean's life, writing, and home on Chanel Rock, 1960s-2009. Clippings of Gilean's writing in various newspapers including her "Nature Rambles," 1961-1992. Clippings from WNE featuring Gilean Douglas, 1990-1993. Info on: Gilean's memorial, 1993; The Gilean Douglas Project, 1994; Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home, Gillian Milton and Andrea Lebowitz, 1999-2000; and Gilean Douglas featured at CIMAS. Excerpts: From My Window, Gordon Wagner, 1988 and Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill, 1994. Pages of magazines from The Country Gentleman, 1978 and Country Journal, 1988. Vintage cards, clippings related to homecare, undated
Gilean Douglas fonds info, 1904-1993. Letter, The Whaletown Women's Institute, 1952. Clippings with info on Gilean's life, writing, and home on Chanel Rock, 1960s-2009. Clippings of Gilean's writing in various newspapers including her "Nature Rambles," 1961-1992. Clippings from WNE featuring Gilean Douglas, 1990-1993. Info on: Gilean's memorial, 1993; The Gilean Douglas Project, 1994; Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home, Gillian Milton and Andrea Lebowitz, 1999-2000; and Gilean Douglas featured at CIMAS. Excerpts: From My Window, Gordon Wagner, 1988 and Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill, 1994. Pages of magazines from The Country Gentleman, 1978 and Country Journal, 1988. Vintage cards, clippings related to homecare, undated
Brochure on Manual Artificial Respiration, 1952; Offer to Purchase Form for an ambulance, 1988; CEFAS postings in WNE 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991; Newspaper clippings about Cortes Ambulance in WNE 1998, Cortes Marketer 2011; article written by paramedic Paul Brewer, 2007; email from Elizabeth Jordan regarding use of paramedic service, 2011; Posting from BCAS Open House & Career Information Session on Cortes, 2014; Article (2015), brochure (2016), and paramedicine overview (2016) on bringing paramedics to the front lines of rural health care; article in appreciation of Cortes Island Ambulance Service by Marcel Creurer, undated
Brochure on Manual Artificial Respiration, 1952; Offer to Purchase Form for an ambulance, 1988; CEFAS postings in WNE 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991; Newspaper clippings about Cortes Ambulance in WNE 1998, Cortes Marketer 2011; article written by paramedic Paul Brewer, 2007; email from Elizabeth Jordan regarding use of paramedic service, 2011; Posting from BCAS Open House & Career Information Session on Cortes, 2014; Article (2015), brochure (2016), and paramedicine overview (2016) on bringing paramedics to the front lines of rural health care; article in appreciation of Cortes Island Ambulance Service by Marcel Creurer, undated
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.
File contains a poster and program for the "Glad Bag" variety night at the Gorge Hall. There are slides of the performance in the Mary and Otto Weiler fonds, and a clipping about it in the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (Box 8, file 53).
File contains a poster and program for the "Glad Bag" variety night at the Gorge Hall. There are slides of the performance in the Mary and Otto Weiler fonds, and a clipping about it in the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (Box 8, file 53).
Files relating to the Cortes Island Emergency Preparedness Group and Emergency Support Services (ESS), 2016-2017. Pamphlet from PreparedBC In It Together: Neighbourhood Preparedness Guide.
Files relating to the Cortes Island Emergency Preparedness Group and Emergency Support Services (ESS), 2016-2017. Pamphlet from PreparedBC In It Together: Neighbourhood Preparedness Guide.
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016