{"id":22848,"date":"2021-06-03T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/?p=22848"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:36:01","slug":"salish-unit-crew-coastal-fire-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/salish-unit-crew-coastal-fire-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Salish Unit Crew – Coastal Fire Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pemberton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Established<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1990
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Current Crew Photo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No current photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crew History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Formed in 1990, the Salish Unit Crew is based on L\u00edl\u0313wat Nation territory in Pemberton where they have developed an unparalleled wealth of firefighting knowledge. As of 2020, the crew still retained five of its founding members, including crew supervisor Ryan Pascal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Salish Unit Crew\u2019s significance to the L\u00edl\u0313wat Nation, Pascal says, \u201cFrom day one we\u2019ve seen what it means to the community, not just the crew members and their families but everybody. Every time we go to a fire, we\u2019re representing ourselves and our people, as well as the BC Wildfire Service. We carry that with us, and it helps us keep a high standard of excellence everywhere we go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Salish Unit Crew is the last remaining First Nations unit crew in the BC Wildfire Service. The crew does many things the same as others, but their generational connections have given them the experience and consistency to keep improving and perfecting their craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years there have been three father-son pairs on the crew simultaneously, which is an incredible testament to the crew\u2019s success. Having multiple generations of a family on the crew at one time is a point of pride for the Salish Unit Crew, reinforcing the good work the crew does in building a healthy workplace environment. There have been fathers, sons, cousins, uncles, nephews and close family friends all working with the Salish Unit Crew over its 35-year history, representing the crew\u2019s ties to their communities and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Salish Unit Crew logo was designed by Bryson Edmonds, one of the original crew members. It has remained the logo since the crew\u2019s inception and is a preservation of the crew\u2019s original values and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crew Supervisor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

S. Joe: 2024-Current<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R. Pascal: 1990-2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For updates to this page please contact fireinfo@gov.bc.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Location Pemberton Established 1990 Current Crew Photo No current photo. Crew History Formed in 1990, the Salish Unit Crew is based on L\u00edl\u0313wat Nation territory in Pemberton where they have developed an unparalleled wealth of firefighting knowledge. As of 2020, the crew still retained five of its founding members, including crew supervisor Ryan Pascal. On … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8187,"featured_media":22853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[632],"class_list":["post-22848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-crew-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22848","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\/8187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22848"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25687,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22848\/revisions\/25687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}