Category Archives: Wildfires
Prescribed burn scheduled near Westridge Subdivision in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Smoke may be visible in Williams Lake over the next two weeks. The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting the City of Williams Lake and Williams Lake First Nation with carrying...
Mar 21, 2025
BC Wildfire Service reports 'record' number of applicants ahead of 2025 fire season
VICTORIA - The BC Government says there has been a record number of applicants who have come forward to join the BC Wildfire Service, which is preparing for the upcoming wildfire season which gets und...
Mar 20, 2025
District of Clearwater establishes new wildfire initial attack crew; expands FireSmart mitigation work
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The District of Clearwater has established a pair of wildfire response and mitigation initiatives to help it better respond to a growing threat facing the community. Clearwater Mayo...
Mar 20, 2025
Pair of prescribed burns planned for Lytton area
LYTTON, B.C. - A pair of prescribed burns near the Village of Lytton are expected to take place next week. The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting Lytton First Nation in carrying out the two pres...
Mar 04, 2025
First courses in TRU's Wildfire Studies program to begin in September
KAMLOOPS - Details of a Wildfire Studies Diploma program at Thompson Rivers University have been unveiled. Following a 30-day public feedback process, TRU says the university's Senate and Board of Gov...
Jan 14, 2025
B.C. sending wildfire-fighting support to California; Minister expects Team Canada approach
KAMLOOPS -- B.C. Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar said the province is providing help to the state of California and the hundreds of thousands impacted by wildfires raging in the Los Angeles County are...
Jan 10, 2025
Merritt-area pile-burning project to resume this week: Wildfire Service
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says it will resume a fuel management project near Merritt this week.In November, BCWS said it was planning to burn about 50 piles of debris along Lindle...
Jan 08, 2025
BC Wildfire Service recaps fourth-worst fire season on record
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service is looking back on the fourth-worst fire season on record that saw 1,688 wildfires burn a little over a million hectares of land across the province since April 1.It...
Dec 29, 2024
New Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire hall to be built not far from former hall razed by 2023 wildfire
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire hall has taken another step toward rising from the ashes.The fire hall, located at 3852 Squilax-Anglemont Road, was destroyed in the Bush Creek Eas...
Nov 26, 2024
BC Wildfire Service details plans for burns in North Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says it is set to complete some prescribed burns in a popular Shuswap Park.The operation is slated to begin Wednesday (Nov. 6) in Tstswecw Provincial Park, ...
Nov 06, 2024
