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Kelowna highrise fire shows need to double firefighters: union president
What was likely Kelowna’s first fire inside a highrise on May 29 has local firefighters…
Scammers list Big White fire hall as rental accommodation
Member of the Big White fire department are warning about a scam that saw their…
Meet Ronaye Beck, the Central Okanagan’s first female fire chief
KELOWNA – For Ronaye Beck, becoming the first female fire chief in the Central Okanagan…
Kamloops buys four huge sprinklers to help fight interface wildfires
KAMLOOPS — Given the history of wildfires in the province and the city, Kamloops Fire…
You only have a couple of minutes to escape a house fire
KELOWNA – Modern furniture burns so easily and quickly that there is much less time…
Faster response times means better firefighting in Kelowna’s north end
KELOWNA – Despite a 30 per cent cut in medical calls over the past few…
“It just doesn’t add up:” Internal documents reveal underlying reason for Salmon Arm Rapattack closure
SALMON ARM – Controversial cutbacks at the Salmon Arm Rapattack base weren’t all about saving…
BY THE NUMBERS: This week in wildfires
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The big news this week was, you guessed it, wildfires. If you weren’t…