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Kelowna Fire Department
Calendar quirk added $2.2 million to City of Kelowna payroll last year
EXTRA PAY PERIOD HITS PAYROLL BUDGET EVERY ELEVEN YEARS KELOWNA – A trick of the…
Minor house fire leaves residents and pets temporarily homeless
KELOWNA – A fire sparked by a baseboard heater this morning has left a Kelowna…
Crews quickly put out Kelowna excavator fire
KELOWNA – The cause of an excavator fire in the Black Mountain area early this…
Investigators say Kelowna recycling plant fire is suspicious
KELOWNA – RCMP considered a fire overnight at a Kelowna recycling plant suspicious. Just after…
Kelowna and Lake Country fire crews put out shed fire
KELOWNA – Firefighters from Kelowna and Lake Country quickly dealt with a shed fire on…
With fire season approaching, now is the time to plan your escape route out of Kelowna
FORT McMURRAY FIRE A REMINDER OF FIRE VULNERABILITY OF THE OKANAGAN CENTRAL OKANAGAN – With…
Bush partiers leave bon fire burning in wooded area of Kelowna
KELOWNA – Firefighters had to put out an unattended bon fire in Kelowna’s Wilden neighbourhood…
UPDATE: Man rescued from cliff ledge near Kelowna
KELOWNA – A hike was rescued from a cliff ledge in the Postill Lake Road…
More firefighters on the way as Kelowna approves 2030 plan
NEW FIRE HALL COULD TAKE EIGHT YEARS, CHIEF WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SOONER KELOWNA…
Unoccupied Rutland building damaged by fire
KELOWNA – An early morning fire at an unoccupied building in Rutland caused major damage…
Kelowna Fire Department soon to dispatch other fire fighters under contract
KELOWNA – Emergency calls made to fire departments in the Regional District of East Kootenay…
Numbers point to North Glenmore for Kelowna Fire Department expansion
KELOWNA – If and when the Kelowna Fire Department gets a new fire hall, it…
Rock climber rescued in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A rock climber stuck on a rock ledge in a regional park in…
Kelowna Fire Department is hiring but you better have one solid resume
KELOWNA – So you wanna be a firefighter? Run into burning buildings when others are…
Quality cookware helps avert greater damage during Kelowna kitchen fire
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Food left cooking in a cast iron pan brought firefighters to a…
Sauna fire forces apartment building evacuation in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A sauna fire at an apartment complex in Kelowna early this morning was…
Serious car crash on Highway 33 in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Two cars crashed in the intersection of Highway 33 and Hollywood Road in…
Worker taken to hospital following dryer fire at Kelowna retirement home
KELOWNA - Nearly 40 people were evacuated and one taken to hospital following an early morning fire at a retirement home on Casorso Road. Fire crews responded to alarms at White Heather Manor around 1:50 a.m., Jan. 6, to find employees evacuating 39 residents, according to Platoon Capt. Tim Light. Firefighters were told the fire...
UPDATE: Firefighters battle Kelowna house fire
KELOWNA - A home in East Kelowna suffered mostly water and smoke damage after a fire in the attached garage spread to the house today. Firefighters were called to the home at 2105 Diamond Rd. just before noon, Jan. 3, and crews arrived to find the garage fully engulfed in flames, which were spreading to...
Minor Kelowna kitchen fire extinguished
KELOWNA - A small Kelowna kitchen fire was quickly put out thanks in part to the help of a resident in the home last night. Flames from a gas stove fire spread to the kitchen cabinets in a home in the 400-block of Providence Avenue in the Upper Mission at around 6:57 p.m., Jan. 2,...
Small fire at Kelowna high-rise sparks evacuation
KELOWNA - Fire crews were called to small blaze in a suite on the eighth floor of a Kelowna high-rise this morning and arrived to find the fire was out. Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Conservatory in the 700-block of Glenmore Road around 11:12 a.m., Jan. 2., which turned out to be...
Car fire spreads to garage in Kelowna
KELOWNA – No one was home when a car started on fire next to a Kelowna home early this morning. Firefighters were called to the car fire at about 7:45 a.m., Dec. 19, in the 700-block of Kuipers Crescent in the Upper Mission. Flames from the car had spread to the outside of the home’s...
Kelowna Fire Department to buy four new trucks for $1.6M
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Fire Department is going to get a bunch of new trucks in 2016. The city will spend $1.6 million next year replacing four of the department’s service vehicles, including $1.33 million for two new fire engines. That will buy the department two engines; an $810,000 replacement for engine four, a 1996...
Shed fire in Lake Country quickly put out
LAKE COUNTRY - A minor shed fire in Lake Country early this morning was partially extinguished before fire crews arrived. Firefighters from both the Lake Country and Kelowna Fire Departments were called around 2 a.m., Dec. 13, to the shed fire at a mobile home on Beaver Lake Road, according to a media release. Kelowna...