Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Referendum date to be selected soon for proposed fire protection expansion in Tobiano, Cherry Creek
KAMLOOPS - A referendum date will soon be chosen to determine if Tobiano and Cherry Creek residents want the Thompson Nicola Regional District to borrow $2.5 million to build a new fire hall for the a...
Mar 18, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue douses early morning fire near Tranquille Road businesses
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were called out to an early morning fire Monday (March 17) near a collection of businesses in the 200-block of Tranquille Road. The call came in shortly after 4:0...
Mar 17, 2025
Numerous Kamloops, Cariboo volunteer fire departments getting provincial funding
KAMLOOPS - A number of Kamloops-and-Cariboo-area fire departments will be getting provincial funding that the B.C. Government says will help them better prepare and respond to emergencies. The B.C. Em...
Mar 15, 2025
Next round of prescribed burns planned for Peterson Creek, Lac Du Bois areas
KAMLOOPS - People in Kamloops may have noticed plumes of smoke periodically appearing in the city last week, which marked the start of a series of prescribed burns planned for the area. The practice i...
Mar 11, 2025
Firefighters in Merritt, Kamloops respond to weekend blazes
MERRITT - Merritt Fire Rescue (MFRD) crews made quick work of the first grass fire of the season on Saturday (March 8). In a post on Facebook, firefighters say they were called to a small blaze that w...
Mar 10, 2025
No dice for Clearwater's latest push to bring back permanent BC Wildfire initial attack crews
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The North Thompson region has gone without permanent initial attack crews through the BC Wildfire Service for the past several wildfire seasons. However, the mayor of Clearwater say...
Feb 24, 2025
Kamloops firefighters battle blaze at abandoned outbuilding downtown
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops firefighters made relatively quick work of a fire at an abandoned building in downtown Kamloops Sunday (Feb. 9) night. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) Platoon Captain Ken Hartt says cre...
Feb 09, 2025
WATCH: Deer stranded on river ice pulled to safety by Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews put their ice rescue training to good use on Tuesday, to save a deer along the Thompson River. KFR says a member of the public had called in about a deer on...
Feb 05, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue brings in emergency trail marker system throughout city
KAMLOOPS - Dozens of trail markers have been installed in nature parks around the city of Kamloops, serving as another way for emergency responders to quickly find people who have called for help. Kam...
Jan 30, 2025
District of Clearwater presses on with FireSmart efforts after topping AI-calculated wildfire risk list
CLEARWATER, B.C. - New data shared by AISIX Solutions, a data analytics company, that utilizes artificial intelligence, has identified Clearwater as having a higher likelihood of a wildfire compared t...
Jan 20, 2025
