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

The Area Restrictions that were established around the Plumbob Mountain wildfire and Dewar Creek Wildfire have been rescinded due to […]

The BC Wildfire Service continues to respond to the Plumbob Mountain wildfire that originated approximately 18 kilometres west of the […]

Members of the Hosmer Fire Department responded to a quickly spreading grass fire in the Hosmer area this afternoon, a […]

Every time we get sent to a call it puts our members and first responders at risk. There is no excuse for burning right now and we need East Kootenay residents to help us by respecting the open fire restrictions

The Elk Valley is experiencing a below-average snowpack and this potentially does not bode well for Fernie. Last spring we […]

Sunday nights rain and alpine snowfall cleaned up Fernie’s air quality considerably.

Lightening stuck the Lizard Range in Big Steep Mother Bowl just before 7PM and fortunately the fire was quickly extinguished due to several factors.

Fernie owes its existence to the start-up of the local coal mines in 1897 and the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1898.