Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Company launches wildfire damage protection pilot ahead of elevated-risk season
Intact Financial Corp. has launched a pilot program to reduce wildfire damage to customers' homes in Western Canada as another season of elevated fire risk approaches.The insurer says it has contracte...
May 07, 2024
Wildfire prevention project planned for North Okanagan watershed
The provincial and local governments are working to reduce the risk of wildfires and protect the primary water supply in Greater Vernon.The Ministry of Forests, in collaboration with the Regional Dist...
May 06, 2024
Open burning comes to end in RDNO Areas B & C
The open burning season in the Regional District of North Okanagan is now over.The RDNO issued that reminder for residents on Electoral Areas B and C on Friday, just as the Category 3 burn prohibition...
May 04, 2024
Mobile home damaged in fire, occupant requires treatment
One person was taken to hospital after an overnight mobile home fire in Kelowna.Firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 1800 block of Watson Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday, and found a mobile ...
May 03, 2024
Open burning ban in place until October
Large fires won't be permitted for the next several months.Effective at noon today (Friday, May 3), Category 3 open burnings will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre, including in Vernon...
May 03, 2024
Highway vehicle fire suspected to be due to mechanical failure
UPDATE 3 p.m.Police remind the public to check the conditions of their vehicles following the car fire on Highway 97 Thursday.Lake Country RCMP said in a release that there was no indication of the ca...
May 02, 2024
Vehicles, structures damaged in fire
Several structures, vehicles and boats were damaged in a hedge fire that spread in Kelowna.The fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of Barkley Road.Crews found a large hedge on fir...
Apr 30, 2024
Opposition critic calls for 'complete overhaul' on dealing with wildfires
B.C.'s Opposition party is calling for urgent action by the NDP government to stop what is shaping up to potentially be another devastating wildfire season in the province.Lorne Doerkson, BC United ML...
Apr 29, 2024
Fire burns hedge along 25th Avenue, RCMP investigate cause
A fire broke out in a hedge near a home along 25th Avenue in Vernon Monday.The fire started over the noon hour in a bush in the 4000 block of 25th Avenue that backs onto a residence in the Spruce Land...
Apr 29, 2024
Abandoned home torn down after fire
Smoke from a structure fire in West Kelowna on Sunday night was highly visible from Highway 97.Fire Rescue crews were dispatched to the blaze at an abandoned house in the 1800 block of Ross Road aroun...
Apr 29, 2024
