Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Update: Wildfire sparks near Lumby, now under control
UPDATE 3 p.m. The North Okanagan's first wildfire of the year was near Lumby over the weekend. The B.C. Wildfire Service said a three hectare fire broke out in the Creighton Valley area, southeast of ...
Mar 18, 2024
Fire prevention work set for Vernon park
A fire prevention project is expected to kick-off in Vernon's Polson Park this week.Starting as early as Monday, March 18, crews will begin reducing fire fuels along the south-east boundary of the dow...
Mar 18, 2024
Vernon firefighters respond to structure fire
Fire crews in Vernon were able to keep a deck fire from spreading to the rest of the home.Vernon Fire Rescue Services responded to a report of a fire on the back deck of a residential home in the 3700...
Mar 17, 2024
Grant to help Vernon boost Indigenous input on emergency management
A provincial grant will be used to incorporate First Nations input into Vernon's emergency operations.The B.C. government is offering $40,000 in one-time funding to all local governments and Indigenou...
Mar 14, 2024
Vernon to modernize 911 system to improve service
Local 911 services will be modernized thanks to some outside funding.The City of Vernon is receiving $45,000 through the Union of B.C. Municipalities to transition from existing emergency communicatio...
Mar 13, 2024
Man dies in avalanche near Revelstoke
An Alberta man has died after getting caught in an avalanche while out recreating near RevelstokeRCMP say they were notified of a slide in the Sale Mountain area around 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 3."A 58...
Mar 04, 2024
Structure, vehicles destroyed in suspicious fire
There were no injuries but several people lost their homes to a fire just outside Kelowna's downtown core.Kelowna Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 1000-block of Bernard Avenue arou...
Mar 04, 2024
Controlled burn set for early March
B.C. Wildfire crews will be overseeing a prescribed burn near Kelowna early next month.The Wildfire Service (BCWS) said it would be working with the Westbank First Nation to conduct a cultural and pre...
Feb 29, 2024
Fire hall gets approval for new firefighters and vehicle
The Coldstream Fire Hall will be getting new resources -- both in personnel and equipment.Coldstream council gave an early budget approval of $4,500 to hire two paid-on-call firefighters for the depar...
Feb 28, 2024
Judge says 'no explanation' for deliberate act as fire starter gets more prison time
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has given a convicted arsonist extra time behind bars for causing an explosion and two fires at the Vernon home that he and others were living at in 2022. Lorne William Pa...
Feb 23, 2024
