Thursday, June 25, 2015
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CLASS OF 2015 Special pull-out section inside
Grad Class of 2015 in their caps and gowns. The weather cleared long enough for a photo shoot before continuing on with the festivities.
Photo credit: Crystal Unger Photography
Local fire department responds to fire outside town RYAN WILLMAN Arrow Lakes News
On June 9 at approximately 7:37 p.m. the Nakusp volunteer fire department responded to a 911 call reporting a wildfire at the Nakusp Rod and Gun club rifle rage located just off highway 23. Upon arrival, it was discovered the fire reported was an escaped burn that had traveled a small distance away from a slash pile lit by Wildfire crews as part of their fuel
management project. Jordan Turner, a fire information officer at South East Fire Centre with wildfire management branch, described the fuel management project as a province wide initiative to clear out deadfall in the forests in the surrounding area to prevent the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the later summer months. At the request of the local fire chief Terry Warren, the Wildfire crew was asked to brush the trees in the area down to 6-7 feet and remove the deadfall. Once the work had been complete the
crew left the slash pile in a control burn, but unfortunately, the fire spread into the surrounding grass area and was reported. Working with 12 local firefighters and four pieces of equipment, the local fire department quickly brought the grass fire under control before handing the scene over to an Initial Attack Crew at around 8:15pm. “The escaped burn was unfortunate,” Turner commented, “but with the help of the local fire department it did not become a major issue.”
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