The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK), has issued an Evacuation Alert for 526 homes in the Greater Wasa and […]

An Evacuation ALERT has been issued for the Canadian Rockies International Airport. The midnight WestJet flight coming into Cranbrook and […]

Effective at 4 p.m. MDT on Monday, July 10, 2023, Category 1 campfires have been prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire […]

From buying portable water tanks and equipment trailers, to providing specialized training and gear to their wildfire-fighting crews, 12 small […]

Saturday, May 6th is Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and residents across the East Kootenay are being asked to take action […]

Members of the Hosmer Fire Department responded to a structure fire this evening. “Five pieces of apparatus and five firefighters […]

It’s Fire Prevention Week 2022 from October 9 to 15th. The theme set out by the National Fire Protection Association […]

The Southeast fire centre currently has 66 active fires with 3 new fires in the last 2 days.

Effective at 12:00 noon PDT on Friday, September 2, 2022, campfires will be allowed in the Southeast Fire Centre. The […]

Effective at noon PDT on Thursday, August 4, 2022, campfires will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction to […]

The BC Wildfire Service has issued a Category 2 open burning ban that will go into effect at 1pm Mountain […]

The BC Wildfire Service has issued a Category 3 open burning ban that will go into effect at 1pm Mountain Time (Noon Pacific) on June 30th.