CENTRAL OKANAGAN — Fire season has come early, and now you can see just how dry conditions are in local Central Okanagan parks.
“New Fire Hazard signs are up at key entrances to Glen Canyon, Rose Valley, Scenic Canyon and Mission Creek Regional Parks,” says Central Okanagan Regional District communications officer, Bruce Smith.
The signs won’t be a permanent fixture in the parks.
“As we install our new information kiosks in other regional parks, we’ll be adding the fire hazard warning signs,” says Smith. “Our plan is to take the fire hazard signs down each fall, when the threat of fire drops and put them back in place at the start of the next fire season. That way the signs will hopefully stand out more and people will pay more attention to them.”
The goal is to raise awareness to help reinforce careless behaviour like discarding cigarettes and starting campfires is not allowed.
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