Between August 1-5, the BC Wildfire Service structure protection specialists along with structural firefighters from municipal fire departments across the province assessed the community of Apex Mountain in response to the Keremeos Creek wildfire (K50863). During these assessments, fire personnel consider environmental, economic, historical and cultural factors when identifying and triaging structures that require protection. Over this period, 66 fire personnel installed structure protection equ

Going under control and holding companies 🚒⬇️ Not every dispatched structure fire is a working fire. After a thorough investigation, we need to determine which resources we will keep and which we will release. As we discuss in many of our programs, the under control parameters for a structure fire are the following: 1️⃣ All fire extinguished 2️⃣ Searches negative 3️⃣ All extension controlled And that these are completed in all affected areas of the building. After we have achieved these benchma