The mission of this department is to provide a safe and livable community through the management, maintenance and protection of key infrastructure and facilities, and through the delivery of key services. Our Department’s responsibility for cultural revitalization is: To support cultural and community events, and ensure that cultural facilities, spaces, and infrastructure are maintained, in operation and safe. The CISS is located in the Admin/Band Office.
Housing
Housing is the foundation for strong and healthy communities. The Housing Department, utilizing orderly, ethical and transparent management practices, diligently works toward providing a functional housing delivery system to ensure units are maintained in an acceptable manner to extend their life expectancy while providing safe, affordable, adequate housing for Nation members.
The FNFN Housing Department:
The FNFN Housing Department:
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Housing management is often about managing expectations. If either party has unrealistic expectations of the other there will be unnecessary tension. Therefore, lines of communication between the occupants and the FNFN Housing Department must be kept open.

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Capital Works
Objective: Providing facility maintenance for all FNFN buildings IE.
o Chalo School
o Finance
o Health and Wellness, including arbor
o Trades Building (Chalo school)
o Justice
o Lands
o Administration
o Recreation
o Dehzona Daycare
o Public works shop
• Undertaking emergency management and planning
• Providing wildfire protection
• Providing public safety and community security
• Conducting physical development/capital planning
• Undertaking long range planning
• Providing general operations and maintenance of the community
• Supporting community events and activities
o Chalo School
o Finance
o Health and Wellness, including arbor
o Trades Building (Chalo school)
o Justice
o Lands
o Administration
o Recreation
o Dehzona Daycare
o Public works shop
• Undertaking emergency management and planning
• Providing wildfire protection
• Providing public safety and community security
• Conducting physical development/capital planning
• Undertaking long range planning
• Providing general operations and maintenance of the community
• Supporting community events and activities
Public Works
• Community Security
• Maintaining distribution systems
• Testing water quality
• Maintaining roads
• Inspecting and maintaining fleet
• Animal control
• Supporting and setting up community events
• Waste management
• Operating and maintaining the Cemetery
• Maintaining the lagoon and sanitary collection system
• Undertaking long range planning for lands and infrastructure
• Maintaining distribution systems
• Testing water quality
• Maintaining roads
• Inspecting and maintaining fleet
• Animal control
• Supporting and setting up community events
• Waste management
• Operating and maintaining the Cemetery
• Maintaining the lagoon and sanitary collection system
• Undertaking long range planning for lands and infrastructure
Staff
Terry Cavaliere
CISS Director
CISS Director
Housing
Michele Fisher
Housing Coordinator |
Shelly Thomas
Housing Assistant |
Capital Works
Heather Gairdner
Capital Works Coordinator, Safety Services Planner |
Vacant
Building Maintenance Worker |
Drew Burke
Office Assistant |
Public Works
Heather Gairdner
Acting, Public Works Coordinator |
Jonah Kotchea
Roads & Equipment Utilities Worker |
John Michel
Roads & Equipment Utilities Worker |
Wesley Badine
Nightly Security/Utility Worker |
Josh Gwartney
Nightly Security/Utility Worker |
Kurtis Whitehead
Water & Utilities Worker |
As a Nation, we are moving toward a future in which our children are fluent in our languages, they know the ways of our ancestors, and live in safety and security. With improvements in infrastructure, including safe and healthy homes, we will move toward that goal." ~ RFOV, p. 150
Contact2026 Kennay Yah Road
RR 1 Mile 295, Alaska Highway Fort Nelson, BC VOC 1R0 T: 250.774.7257 F: 250.774.7260 Emergency After-Hours 250-774-7256 |
AlertFNFN is kindly asking community members if you see or believe there is illegal dumping on-reserve, please take the vehicle description, plate number and please call the RCMP at 250.774.2777 or Conservation officer at 1.877.952.7277 (this is a toll free number) to report the unlawful activity.
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