Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
RDNO seeks grant to install fire detection weather station
The Regional District of North Okanagan is seeking financial support to protect against wildfires in one of Greater Vernon's main watersheds.A staff report to the RDNO board of directors requested app...
Feb 22, 2024
City seeks regional support for early wildfire detection system
The City of Vernon is encouraging its regional partners to get behind a new system designed to detect wildfires quicker, in an effort to prevent damage to properties and infrastructure.Vernon Fire Res...
Feb 22, 2024
UPDATE: Crews respond to fire on Old Kamloops Road
UPDATETwo people were displaced following a residential fire at a property on Old Kamloops Road north of Vernon Tuesday afternoon.Dispatch reports first came in of the fire at approximately 3:15 p.m. ...
Feb 20, 2024
Firefighters respond to two structure fires
Vernon Fire Rescue Services (VFRS) responded to two separate and unrelated structure fires on Saturday (Feb. 17).At approximately 4:30 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a report of a structure fir...
Feb 18, 2024
Arson suspect enters guilty plea
A man has admitted to starting a fire that damaged a Vernon residence almost two years ago.The BC Prosecution Service says Lorne William Paananen entered a guilty plea in B.C. Supreme Court in Vernon ...
Feb 15, 2024
Investigators conclude probe into Vernon apartment fire
Fire officials say the cause of a fire at a Vernon apartment complex Wednesday was undetermined but accidental. The blaze in one unit at Albert Place on 25th Avenue led to one person being taken to ho...
Feb 08, 2024
One person injured in residential fire
A fire that broke out at Albert Place in Vernon reportedly left one person with serious burns. Dispatch reports came in at approximately 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, of a fire at a unit at the townhouse ...
Feb 07, 2024
Wildfire mitigation training to be available for B.C. silviculture workers
People working in forestry, tree planting, and nurseries will be able to access a new provincial pilot program to better prepare them to prevent wildfires.The B.C. government, in partnership with the ...
Jan 31, 2024
Child dies after being hit by vehicle
RCMP say a two-year-old child has died of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident near Falkland.Police say the child was struck by a vehicle on a rural property off Highway 97 Monday afternoon ...
Jan 30, 2024
Stranded snowmobilers prepared to spend night
Officials say two snowmobilers who got stranded in the North Okanagan backcountry had the right equipment to make sure they could be rescued.Vernon Search and Rescue (VSAR) were called on by the Verno...
Jan 29, 2024
