firefighting
Wildfire burning in North Okanagan grows to 55,000 ha
A wildfire threatening homes in the Okanagan has reached 55,000 hectares in the last 48…
Wildfire near Oliver, Osoyoos now estimated to be 13,000 hectares
A wildfire burning near Oliver and Osoyoos is now estimated to be roughly 13,000 hectares…
Thomas Creek wildfire near Okanagan Falls grows to 7,918 ha
A wildfire burning near Okanagan Falls has reached 7,918 ha, according to the latest from…
Hot, dry windy conditions challenging firefighting efforts on wildfire near Okanagan Falls
The B.C. Wildfire Service continues to battle a more than 7,000 hectare blaze located near…
Wildfire near Okanagan Falls grows to 1,500 ha
A wildfire burning near Okanagan Falls has grown in size due to dry and hot…
West Kelowna mobile home residents taken to hospital after fire
Two residents of a West Kelowna mobile home were taken to the hospital last night…
Suspicious fire destroys Kelowna cabin
Kelowna firefighters battled a single-storey cabin fire yesterday afternoon which led to the destruction of…
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…
Two TRU faculty members to help firefighting efforts in Nepal
KAMLOOPS – Two Thompson Rivers University faculty members are going to bring their knowledge of…
Crews make progress on Bolean Lake wildfire near Falkland
FALKLAND - Fire crews have made significant headway on the Bolean Lake wildfire near Falkland. As of Friday morning, the 348 hectare fire was 50 per cent contained, according to B.C. Wildfire. The suspected lightning-caused fire was first reported Monday, July 20 and fire crews have worked hard all week to establish some level of containment....