CASTLEGAR \u2013 To help reduce the risk of wildfires, the BC Wildfire Service is supporting BC Parks and the Shuswap Band in conducting an ecosystem restoration prescribed burn within the Dry Gulch Provincial Park area. This burn is located approximately 4.5 kilometres south of the Village of Radium Hot Springs and will cover up to 9 hectares.<\/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 Friday, September 18, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smoke may impact residents near the burn area and will be highly visible from the Village of Radium Hot Springs and surrounding communities, and surrounding communities, and to motorists travelling along Highway 93\/95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key goals of this prescribed burn include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burning will proceed if conditions are suitable to achieve objectives and allow for smoke dispersal, though smoke may linger in the following days, particularly the morning after burn operations. Despite all precautions to manage it, unintended smoke impacts are possible after any burn.<\/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 land managers to undertake fuel management activities (including the use of prescribed burns), to help achieve land management objectives, reduce the severity of future wildfires and increase ecosystem and wildfire resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safety is paramount in all prescribed burn operations. Each burn is guided by a detailed burn plan that defines objectives and outlines key requirements, including weather and fuel conditions, personnel and equipment needs, mitigation measures, and post-fire monitoring. Watch this video to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about prescribed burning online at prescribedfire.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Southeast Fire Centre would like to thank the public for its continuing help in preventing wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can report a wildfire, unattended campfire, or open burning violation by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wildfire Technician Fire Information Team Connect with the Province of B.C. at www.gov.bc.ca\/connect<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CASTLEGAR \u2013 To help reduce the risk of wildfires, the BC Wildfire Service is supporting BC Parks and the Shuswap Band in conducting an ecosystem restoration prescribed burn within the Dry Gulch Provincial Park area. This burn is located approximately 4.5 kilometres south of the Village of Radium Hot Springs and will cover up to … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5738,"featured_media":23912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,503,87,32],"class_list":["post-30931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-prescribed-fire","tag-sefc","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30931","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\/5738"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30932,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30931\/revisions\/30932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Report a wildfire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Invermere Fire Zone
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