MERRITT \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting the Upper Nicola Band in conducting a prescribed burn covering up to 30 hectares spread out between multiple treatment units on the Quilchena IR #1, about 25 kilometres northeast of Merritt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smoke may be visible from the Upper Nicola Band, Nicola Lake and surrounding areas, and to motorists travelling along Highway 5A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exact timing of this burn will depend on weather and site conditions, but it could begin as early as March 3, 2025, until the end of April 2025. Burning will proceed if conditions are suitable and allow for smoke dispersal during burn operations, though smoke may also linger in the following days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key goals of this prescribed burn include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fire is a normal and natural process in many of B.C.\u2019s ecosystems. The BC Wildfire Service works regularly with a range of partners to undertake fuel management activities (including the use of controlled burns), to help reduce the severity of future wildfires and related threats to communities. These projects are carefully planned and only go ahead at the right times and under the right conditions to ensure community and practitioner safety.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visit the BC Wildfire Service Cultural and prescribed fire<\/a> webpage for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cultural Burning and Prescribed Fire webpage<\/a> and YouTube channel<\/a> are also excellent resources to learn more about prescribed and cultural fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exposure to smoke can irritate eyes and respiratory tracts and worsen pre-existing lung and heart conditions. If your area is impacted by smoke:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about protecting health from smoke online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the latest wildfire news on<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fire Information Officer Connect with the Province of B.C. at www.gov.bc.ca\/connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MERRITT \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting the Upper Nicola Band in conducting a prescribed burn covering up to 30 hectares spread out between multiple treatment units on the Quilchena IR #1, about 25 kilometres northeast of Merritt. Smoke may be visible from the Upper Nicola Band, Nicola Lake and surrounding areas, and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6971,"featured_media":1236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,67,503,32],"class_list":["post-18156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-kfc","tag-prescribed-fire","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18161,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18156\/revisions\/18161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Kamloops Fire Centre
BC Wildfire Service
250-554-5965
BCWS.KFCInfo@gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n