News Items tag as: fire ban

Fire ban set for Okanagan next week
June 08, 2019 - 12:28 PM

OKANAGAN - Open fires larger than the average campfire will be restricted in the Okanagan, along with certain equipment and activities, starting next week in an effort to curb human-made wildfires.
Campfire bans are still in place in parts of B.C.
September 24, 2017 - 9:30 AM

OKANAGAN - Even though the wildfire threat has been reduced due to rain and cooler weather and the campfire ban was lifted in Southern Interior on the first day of fall, campfire bans are still in place in some areas.
Open burning bans to be rescinded for parts of Kamloops fire centre
September 15, 2016 - 9:57 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Starting tomorrow morning, Sept. 16, two of the current open burning bans in Clearwater and Salmon Arm will be rescinded.
Fire ban remains in place in Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen
October 02, 2015 - 1:00 PM

PENTICTON - The B.C. Wildfire Service may have rescinded the campfire ban on lands within provincial jurisdiction, but Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen residents shouldn’t get the marshmallows out just yet.
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Fire ban set for Okanagan next week