Tri District Fire/rescue
Publicly funded institution · Newcombville, Nova Scotia · BN 885291203RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($305,236) as filed with the CRA.
Tri District Fire/rescue is a charitable organization based in Newcombville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $437K in revenue and $305K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $407.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $221K in 2020 to $437K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Fundraising recruitment training mva medicals fire fighting mfr
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $437K | $305K | $122K | $3,840 | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $409K | $198K | $2,820 | $3,112 | — | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $321K | $127K | — | — | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $252K | $274K | — | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $221K | $220K | — | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $407 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Brad Getson (president); Jonathan Bush (vice president); Jason Freeman (secretary); Belinda Schrader (treasurer); Paul Hayes (chief); Byron Schrader (deputy chief); John Hannam (captain 1); Jason Freeman (captain 2); Liam Girvan (lieutenant 1); Adrian Graves (lieutenant 2); Daniel Uhlman (lieutenant 3); Jeff Rosevaar (lieutenant 4); Nancy Fgreek (safety officer); Glenn Meisner (elected); Linda Harpell (elected); Kim Roy (elected).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tri District Fire/rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885291203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.