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Bowen Island Joins the Province’s Building Permit Hub.

As part of a growing provincial initiative, Bowen Island Municipality is now a participating community on the Building Permit Hub, British Columbia’s new, centralized platform for faster, easier permit applications.

The Building Permit Hub is a user-friendly digital system that simplifies the process of applying for and managing building permits. With a focus on efficiency, consistency, and collaboration, the Hub supports early compliance checks and provides tools to help users get their applications right the first time.

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See flashing hazard lights behind you?

It’s a volunteer firefighter on their way to a callout.

On Bowen, volunteer firefighters use their personal vehicles to get to the Fire Hall to respond to an emergency. They use their hazard lights to let you know.

Please pull over when it’s safe and let them pass.

Yielding could save someone’s life.

Questions? Contact Bowen Island Fire Rescue at fire@bimbc.ca or call 604-947-9324

FireSmart Yard. Fire Safe Community.

As part of an effort to improve Bowen Island’s resilience to wildfires, we are providing a free disposal service for Wildfire Hazard Vegetation.

By clearing Wildfire Hazard Vegetation from your property you make your entire community more resilient to wildfire.

Bring your cleared Wildfire Hazard Vegetation to Firehall 2 on Adams Road and dispose of it in the bin provided.

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