Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Wildfire Service boot camp proves valuable for new recruits
MERRITT, B.C. - Every spring, the Provincial Wildfire Training Centre in Merritt hosts the newest B.C Wildfire Service recruits for a round of physically and mentally demanding boot camp training sess...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Provincial crews watch Savona fire, contemplate burning ban for Kamloops Fire Centre
SAVONA, B.C. - Provincial wildfire crews have returned to the site of a grassfire near Savona Thursday. The human-caused fire was ignited yesterday near the Savona dump. Fire Information Officer Jody ...
May 09, 2019 Savona Dump Fire (Image Credit: Contributed / Karen Lachance)
Emergency Management BC shares Premier's Award with City of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In recognition of Kamloops's efforts to help out during the 2017 wildfire and flooding seasons, the Central Region of Emergency Management BC has received the Premier's Award for Organizati...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Clean up underway after downtown Denny's kitchen fire
KAMLOOPS - The Denny's restaurant in downtown Kamloops will be closed this afternoon for kitchen clean up, following a minor fire. Kamloops Fire and Rescue Platoon Captain Chris Burnham says crews wer...
May 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Cessna plane crashes in northwestern B.C., at least one dead: police
SMITHERS - RCMP say they're investigating a fatal plane crash north of Smithers in northwestern British Columbia.The joint rescue co-ordination centre received a notification Saturday from an emergenc...
May 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP recover body of missing TRU student in North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP's Underwater Recovery Team has now recovered the body of a 23-year-old man who went missing yesterday in the North Thompson River. Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says around 10:50 a....
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
BC Forests Minister assures funding backs wildfire response improvements
KAMLOOPS - Speaking in Kamloops today at the Interior Logging Association's Conference, B.C Forests Minister says the provincial government is prepared for wildfire season, with what is shaping up to ...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Prescribed Burn For Goose Lake Area
KAMLOOPS - Officials are planning a prescribed burn in the Goose Lake area, about nine kilometres south of Kamloops. The BC Wildfire Service and the Tk'emlups Forestry Development Corporation expect t...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service (Prescribed Burn File Image)
Emergency crews searching North Thompson for missing man
KAMLOOPS - The search is on for a 23-year-old man who was swept away in the North Thompson River this morning. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says around 6:30 this morning, three friends went swimmin...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Emergency service workers encouraged to give blood during Sirens for Life campaign
KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel are being encouraged to give blood during the Sirens for Life campaign this month. Various emergency service workers gathered at Oasis Church Thursday morning (May 2) to...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
