GOVERNMENT SERVICES
MUNICIPAL:
Water and Sewer: Water is supplied from two water wells 120 feet deep into an aquifer. Pumping capacity at each well is 800 igpm to a Water Treatment Plant. The plant filters out iron and manganese, then chlorinates and fluoridates the water before discharging it, at a similar rate, into the distribution system. The water is highly mineralized. The Town has 1.2 million gallons of treated water storage.
Sewage is collected in a mechanical “external aeration” plant and after treatment is allowed to flow into a backup lagoon system and then into the Vermilion River. Both plants operate under the monitor and standards of Alberta Environment. The existing facilities are to service a population of 5000.
Storm Sewers: Vermilion has a storm sewer water management system consisting of underground storm sewers, surface and parkway drainage, and detention ponds.
Garbage Collection: Garbage is collected weekly in the residential areas and daily in the commercial areas. Container service is available to commercial and industrial establishments. Currently wastes are transported to the Regional transfer Station where they are segregated and appropriate waste is then hauled to the regional site located at Ryley. The town operates a recycling facility, which handles newsprint, cardboard, all plastic and metal cans.
Telephone, Power and Gas: Telephone service is provided by Telus, electrical service by Atco Electric and natural gas by Atco Gas.
Policing: Vermilion is a community committed to being safe and secure. It is policed by a detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, comprised of eighteen officers, which provides services for this rural detachment as well as highway patrol. The R.C.M.P. are dedicated to offering a full range of services centered around community based policing.
Fire Protection: The Community is served by a 25-member volunteer fire department and a fully trained rescue unit. Three fire trucks, a water tanker, and a rescue unit are at their disposal. fire etc. also has response vehicles and equipment available in cases of extreme emergency. Many of the Vermilion Fire Department members have trained at fire etc.
Medical: The Vermilion Health Centre is an active acute, long term care, emergency outpatient department facility within the East Central Regional Health Authority. The 90-bed Vermilion Health Centre was constructed in 1982 and includes 25 Acute Care beds and 65 Long Term Care beds. It is a fully modern facility with Medical and Surgical Services, Intensive Care, and Maternity, Laboratory and Emergency, Palliative Care and Physiotherapy plus Occupational Therapy. Patients are referred to higher level tertiary care in Edmonton when appropriate.
Vermilion Health Centre offers services of a variety of specialists who visit this area on a monthly basis.
The Prairie Emergency Medical System Inc. provides reliable service with three emergency units.
Because of its excellent location Vermilion has also become a centre for the following Government services.
PROVINCIAL:
Advanced Education and Career Development
• Career Counselling Services • Labour Market Information Services
• Apprenticeship Services • Lakeland College
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Regional and District Offices)
• Beef Specialist • Crop Specialist – Pulses
• Rural Development Specialist – Business • Marketing Specialist
• Agricultural Financial Services Corporation - Lending & Insurance
Environmental Protection
• Fish and Wildlife
Provincial Park Service
• Vermilion Provincial Park
Alberta Family and Social Services
• Child Welfare • Income Security
• Rehabilitation Services • Family Relations
• Handicapped Children Services
Provincial Court of Alberta – Justice
Labour
• Electrical protection branch, plumbing and gas safety services branch inspectors • Employment Standards Branch
• Building Standards Branch
• Alberta Fire Training School • Public Works, Supply & Services
• Occupational Health and Safety • Medical Examiner - Coroner
• Municipal Affairs Seniors Independent Living Program
Transportation and Utilities
• Survey Office, Maintenance yard • District Engineer
• Repair Shop, Vehicle Inspection Station
Mental Health Clinic
FEDERAL:
Canada Post Corporation
Department of Agriculture
• Animal Inspection Branch
Farm Credit Corporation
Royal Canadian Mounted Police