The District of Sparwood and Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) have issued a joint Evacuation Alert this evening as […]

The South Country firefighters and the BCWS Initial Attack crew did an awesome job and were able to fully contain and wet it down. It is official, the Elko Wildfire Under Control.

As the St. Mary’s River wildfire continues to burn within the community of ʔaq’am, its residents are focusing on supporting […]

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 […]