West Kelowna Fire Chief

• ‘Used to be the thing of legend’: Lessons to be learned from McDougall Creek wildfire

  West Kelowna, the fire chief said, has pursued every single dollar of grant funding that's available for the fire-safe program, Fire Smart, but accessing it is an onerous process. 

  Fire

  Sep 19, 2023
  
• Classes resume in West Kelowna schools while wildfire evacuation alerts linger

  When classes resume Tuesday for the new school year, around 11 schools are on evacuation alert and one will be surrounded by a scarred landscape.

  Education

  Sep 4, 2023
  
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• Lake Okanagan Resort destroyed by West Kelowna fire

  Winds whipped the fire into an inferno as it moved across the region causing what West Kelowna fire chief Jason Brolund described as "gut-wrenching" damage.

  Fire

  Aug 18, 2023
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• Car fire in West Kelowna’s Boucherie area pumps out heavy smoke

  It was just after 6 a.m. Friday when firefighters were alerted to a vehicle fire in the Boucherie area near Vineyard Drive and East Boundary Road.

  Fire

  Jun 9, 2023
• Video stunt angers an Okanagan fire chief

  Video of teen wake boarding on a raging creek called "pretty stupid"

  May 10, 2017