PENTICTON \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service, Penticton Indian Band and Okanagan Nation Alliance will be conducting a 170-hectare prescribed burn located approximately 5 kilometres southwest of Peachland, up the Munro FSR, with support from Gorman Brothers Ltd. and the Okanagan Shuswap Resource District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Preparation work for this prescribed burn could start as early as Oct. 17, 2022. Smoke from the prescribed burn may be visible through to Nov. 30, 2022. The exact timing of the burn will be dependent on weather, site and venting conditions. Ignition will proceed only if conditions are suitable and will allow for quick smoke dissipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Penticton Indian Band and the BC Wildfire Service will carefully control and monitor the fire at all times. Smoke and flames may be visible from Peachland, Summerland, Kelowna, Penticton and surrounding areas, and to travellers along Highways 97 and 97C. For information about road conditions near these projects, please visit www.drivebc.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The purpose of this prescribed burn is to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To report a wildfire, unattended campfire or open burning violation, call *5555 on a cell phone or 1 800 663-5555 toll-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn More:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on the importance of cultural burning and prescribed fire, please visit prescribedfire.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n People can follow the latest wildfire news:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact:<\/strong> Cailyn Glasser Kamloops Fire Centre PENTICTON \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service, Penticton Indian Band and Okanagan Nation Alliance will be conducting a 170-hectare prescribed burn located approximately 5 kilometres southwest of Peachland, up the Munro FSR, with support from Gorman Brothers Ltd. and the Okanagan Shuswap Resource District. Preparation work for this prescribed burn could start as early as Oct. … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":1236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[67,32],"class_list":["post-4593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-kfc","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593","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\/601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4627,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions\/4627"}],"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=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
James Pepper
Natural Resources Director
Penticton Indian Band
250-492-0411 | jpepper@pib.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Natural Resources Manager
Okanagan Nation Alliance
250 469 1595 | cglasser@syilx.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fire Information Officer
BC Wildfire Service
250 554-5965 | KFCINFO@gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"