With the campfire prohibition rescinded effective at 1PM PDT on Monday, August 26, 2024 we are again allowed to have […]

The East Kootenay Emergency Management Program is urging residents and visitors to be aware and prepared heading into the long […]

Members of the RDEK’s Regional Fire & Rescue Services have deployed to support the BC Wildfire Service’s structural protection efforts […]

BC firefighting professionals, first responders, and fire experts are ready to do their part this wildfire season. Be FireSmart! Your […]

A number of small troughs have passed through the Southeast Fire Centre since the evening of July 17. In the […]

BC Wildfire Service is implementing a Category 1 campfire prohibition coming to Southeast Fire Centre Effective at at 1PM on […]

Effective on Friday, July 5th, 2024, a Category 2 open fire ban will be implemented throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, […]

South Country Firefighters were kept busy this morning responding to two separate but overlapping incidents. 14 firefighters and six pieces […]

The June 15th snow survey is now complete, and there’s good news for the Kootenay’s, thanks to the abundant spring […]

Members of the Jaffray Fire Department responded to a recreational vehicle fire near Tie Lake Monday afternoon.

At 11 am on Friday, May 17, 2024, Category 3 fire prohibitions will be in effect throughout the Southeast Fire […]

Members of the Elko and Baynes Lake Fire Departments responded to a call at the Elko saw mill Wednesday evening […]