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Posted on: August 23, 2023

August 23, 2023, at 2:00 PM - Information Briefing - Bush Creek East Wildfire K2163

August 23, 2023, at 2:00 PM - Information Briefing - Bush Creek East Wildfire K2163

The Shuswap Emergency Program, Columbia Shuswap Regional District and BC Wildfire Service provide an information briefing with media Q&A.

Tracy Hughes, CSRD Public Information Officer

Erick Thompson - CSRD Public Information Officer

Derek Sutherland, Director CSRD Emergency Operations Centre

Forrest Tower, BC Wildfire Service Information Officer

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⇐Previous Shuswap Emergency Program Update - August 23, 2023 at 6:30 PM Next⇒ Information Briefing: Today, August 23, at 2:00 PM

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Structure loss access deadline

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Shuswap Emergency Program Update - August 14, 2023

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Evacuation Orders downgraded to Alert status

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Fire crews take advantage of weather before heat returns

Posted on: August 10, 2023

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Shuswap Emergency Program Update - August 9, 2023

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Slow growth on Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire

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Boats prohibited from entering Evacuation Order areas

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Minimal Growth to the Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire

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Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire Update

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BCWS building machine guard on southern flank of wildfire

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Video Now Available- Zoom Public Information Briefing

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BCWS reports no structures lost overnight

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Evacuation Alert issued for Northern Reach of Tsutswecw Provincial Park

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Evacuation Order expanded

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Evacuation Order and Alert issued for Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire

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Structure Protection being moved out of Lower East Adams Lake

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Shuswap Emergency Program update July 30, 2023

Posted on: July 30, 2023

Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire holding steady

Posted on: July 29, 2023

Harbour Road Boat launch closing July 30

Posted on: July 29, 2023

Structure Protection Units being set up as a precaution

Posted on: July 28, 2023

Shuswap Emergency Program update, July 27

Posted on: July 27, 2023

Smoke reported at Bolean Lake Road wildfire site

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Cooler weather limiting fire growth

Posted on: July 27, 2023

Shuswap Emergency Program update July 26, 2023

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Bristow Road Boat Launch closed

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Shuswap Emergency Program wildfire update

Posted on: July 25, 2023

Eagle Bay wildfire classified as being held

Posted on: July 25, 2023

Additional resources assigned to Lower East Adams Lake wildfire

Posted on: July 24, 2023

Structure Protection Unit staged in Lower East Adams Lake area

Posted on: July 24, 2023

Cedar Heights Water System users can resume regular water use

Posted on: July 23, 2023

Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire grows to more than 1,700 hectares

Posted on: July 23, 2023

BC Hydro encourages Golden, Electoral Area A residents to prepare for power outages

Posted on: July 22, 2023

Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire continues to grow away from communities

Posted on: July 22, 2023

Evacuation Alert in place, fire growing away from communities

Posted on: July 21, 2023

Revisions in the works for Indoor Aquatic Centre project.

Posted on: July 21, 2023

Evacuation Alert issued for Lower East Adams Lake area

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Crews on site at Annis Forest Service Road fire

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Markwart Road Boat Launch, dock re-opens

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Referendum on Shuswap Watershed Council service set for August

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BCWS, CSRD firefighters working on new fires in the North Shuswap

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Shuswap Emergency Program update July 18, 2023

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Small wildfire burning in Electoral Area D

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Shuswap Emergency Program update

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Shuswap Emergency Program update

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CSRD Mosquito Control Program limited by treatment area

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Work starts on the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail's Enderby-Splatsin pilot section

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CSRD stops issuing fireworks permits during Provincial fire ban

Posted on: June 14, 2023

Rock scaling underway on rail trail, area remains closed to public

Posted on: June 8, 2023

Boil Water Notice rescinded for Cedar Heights Water System

Posted on: May 12, 2023

Transport Canada, CSRD coordinate removal of submerged boat

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