Fire Rescue News & Events

Posted Date: 9/2/2010

Cooler, wetter weather gets credit for end to campfire ban

Posted Date: 8/30/2010 4:00 PM

It’s Fire Prevention Week – Smoke Alarms – A Sound You Can Live With

Posted Date: 8/26/2010

Campfires are prohibited throughout the Central Okanagan and BC Interior

Posted Date: 7/30/2010 12:00 PM

An improperly extinguished campfire is to blame for an interface fire near Raymer Bay Regional Park

Posted Date: 7/26/2010 4:30 PM

Sailview Bay Fire near Bear Creek is 100 per cent contained; emergency crews are mopping up

Posted Date: 7/26/2010 9:00 AM

An evacuation order remains in effect for the Seclusion Bay area.

Posted Date: 7/16/2010 8:30 AM

Posted Date: 7/15/2010

One representative from each evacuated family will be allowed temporary, escorted access to the evacuation area.

Posted Date: 7/15/2010

The Fire Investigation Team on the Seclusion Bay Interface Fire has determined the cause of the forest fire.

Posted Date: 7/14/2010

Initial results of the ongoing hazard assessment indicate that the Evacuation Order will remain in place.

Posted Date: 7/14/2010

The Seclusion Bay Interface Fire is considered contained.

Posted Date: 7/13/2010

Posted Date: 7/13/2010

Evacuated residents are invited to a Private Briefing and Information Session.

Posted Date: 7/13/2010

The Emergency Operation Centre advises that the Evacuation Order and Declarations of Emergency remain in effect.

Posted Date: 7/13/2010

Due to a forest fire in the Seclusion Bay area, residents and visitors in the area are being evacuated and a State of Emergency has been declared by both the District of Peachland and the District of West Kelowna.

Posted Date: 7/12/2010 1:00 PM

Peachland, B.C. – A forest fire in the Seclusion Bay area is estimated at 10 hectares and one structure is involved.

Posted Date: 7/12/2010

The Seclusion Bay Interface fire is now estimated at 15 hectares and two structures have been confirmed destroyed.

Posted Date: 7/12/2010

Posted Date: 6/21/2010 8:30 AM