Invermere Fire Rescue - Station 2200

Invermere Fire Rescue - Station 2200 Fire Rescue

05/14/2026

Effective at 12:00 noon Pacific Time on Thursday, May 21, 2026, Category 3 open fire will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre.

A Category 3 open fire refers to any fire that burns:
- Material concurrently in 3 or more piles, each not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width
- Material in one or more piles, each exceeding 2 metres in height or 3 metres in width
- One or more windrows, not exceeding 200 metres in length or 15 metres in width
- Stubble or grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares (2,000 square metres)

Also prohibited is the following equipment and activities:
- Air curtain burners
- Carbonizers

For full details, please visit: https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/category-3-open-fire-to-be-prohibited-in-the-southeast-fire-centre-2/

While this prohibition does not include Category 1 campfires or Category 2 open fires, it is important to continue exercising caution when doing burning of any kind. To learn more about open fire and safer burning visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions/open-burning

05/14/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ Campfire Safety Reminder ๐Ÿ”ฅ

As we head into the long weekend, please remember to practice safe campfire habits to help protect our community and surrounding forests.

โœ… Always check for current campfire bans or restrictions
โœ… Keep campfires small and attended at all times
โœ… Never leave a campfire unattended
โœ… Fully extinguish your fire with water, stir the ashes, and feel for heat before leaving

Before lighting a campfire, check current bans and restrictions here:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions

A single unattended or improperly extinguished campfire can have serious consequences. Letโ€™s all do our part to keep our community safe and fireโ€‘smart this long weekend. ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ”ฅ

04/29/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ Wildfire Preparedness Week is next week โ€” and youโ€™re invited. ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Join us for a local Wildfire Preparedness event focused on prevention, awareness, and keeping our community safe during wildfire season.

Many wildfires are humanโ€‘caused, and preventable. This event is a great opportunity to learn how small actions can make a big difference, ask questions, and access helpful resources.

๐Ÿ“ Event details and updates:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.facebook.com/share/18NYm6ZEBF/

As a reminder:
โ€ข Follow all current fire bans and restrictions: http://ow.ly/PSKe30smytQ
โ€ข Report wildfires immediately by calling *5555 or 1โ€‘800โ€‘663โ€‘5555
โ€ข Use the BC Wildfire Service App to report fires or unsafe behaviour
โ€ข Android: https://ow.ly/5wTz50OOnka
โ€ข Apple: https://ow.ly/C2Hh50OOnkb

Preventing wildfires is everyoneโ€™s responsibility. We hope to see you there.

04/24/2026

๐Ÿš’๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿš’

Join the Invermere FireSmart and East Kootenay FireSmart Team for a fun and informative Wildfire Preparedness Day Open House at the Invermere Fire Department on May 9th!

Come enjoy an exciting day for the whole family featuring:

๐ŸŽถ Live music
๐ŸŒญ Free food
๐ŸŽฏ Games & activities
๐Ÿš’ Apparatus displays & fire hall tours
๐Ÿ”ฅ Wildfire preparedness & FireSmart information
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’ Meet your local firefighters and partners
๐ŸŽจ Face painting by Stephanieโ€™s Face Painting

Special guests include:

๐ŸŒฒ Ministry of Forests
๐ŸŒฟ East Kootenay Invasive Species Council
๐Ÿบ CORE Heritage

Learn how to better protect your home, family, and community this wildfire season while enjoying a great community event.

๐Ÿ“ Invermere Fire Department
๐Ÿ“… Saturday May 9th
โฐ 11:00 AM โ€“ 3:00 PM

We look forward to seeing you there!

04/08/2026

๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก (๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

The ๐๐‚ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž, in collaboration with ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž and ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, will be conducting a ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐโ€‘๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž on the ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž of the ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, within ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

This work is part of ongoing wildfire risk reduction efforts in Invermere and has been developed through several years of planning. The objective of the prescribed fire is to ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, and ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐›๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, and ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ from the impacts of severe wildfires.

๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
East side of the CastleRock subdivision

๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž (weather dependent)
- ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: Site preparation and readiness
- ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ: Burn operations
- ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ: Continued work and transition to mopโ€‘up
- ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: Mopโ€‘up and monitoring (duration dependent on site conditions)

Active burning is expected to last up to ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ– ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, followed by ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐Ÿ“ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ of ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฉโ€‘๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ . Burning will only proceed if ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.

If conditions are not suitable, operations may be postponed.

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
- Approximately ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ are planned to be treated within a larger ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ‘ ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š
- The fire will be conducted under ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ by trained personnel
- Equipment and suppression resources will be on site to manage the fire safely
- Fire crews will remain in the area throughout the operation and postโ€‘burn period

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ
Residents and travellers may experience:
- ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž during operations
- ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ after ignition
- ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
- Smoke may ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, particularly during calm conditions

Traffic signage may be deployed if smoke affects visibility on nearby routes. Crews will remain on site following ignition to complete mopโ€‘up and monitoring.

๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ
For public and crew safety:
- The treatment area and surrounding trails ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ• ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.
Please respect posted signage and closures.


๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ

๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ
Smoke may cause:
- Eye and throat irritation
- Respiratory discomfort
- Worsening of existing heart or lung conditions
- Residents are encouraged to:

Stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed
- Use an air cleaner if available
- Limit prolonged or strenuous outdoor activity
- Seek medical advice if symptoms worsen

๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž
A temporary clean air refuge will be available in the ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž for anyone seeking relief from smoke during operations.


๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ž

On ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐’๐ž๐š๐ง, the ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, will be on site ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
๐Ÿ•˜ 11:00 a.m. โ€“ 1:00 p.m.
๐Ÿ•‘ 2:00 p.m. โ€“ 4:00 p.m.
Residents are welcome to stop by to ask questions or learn more about the prescribed fire.


๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž
To learn more about prescribed fire and its role in wildfire risk reduction, visit:
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.prescribedfire.ca


๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

BC Wildfire Service
Fire Information Officer
๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

Jason Roe
Fire Chief, Invermere Fire Rescue
๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

Cass Dearlove
FireSmart Coordinator, Invermere Fire Rescue
๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

04/06/2026

At 07:23 a.m. on April 6, 2026, Invermere Fire Rescue was dispatched to the 300 block of 10th Avenue following a report of flames and black smoke coming from a second-storey apartment balcony. Invermere Fire Rescue responded with 12 members and 4 apparatus.

Upon arrival, crews quickly brought the situation under control, extinguishing a fire involving a flower planter containing artificial materials. The fire had extended into nearby decking.

The investigation determined that the fire was likely caused by a cigarette that had been discarded in the planter the previous evening.

Invermere Fire Rescue would like to thank the resident for their quick actions in responding to the situation, which helped prevent the incident from becoming more serious. We would also like to thank the individual who promptly reported the fire, allowing for a rapid response.

Invermere Fire Rescue reminds the public that while quick action can make a difference, personal safety must always come first. If you encounter a fire, do not put yourself at risk attempting to extinguish itโ€”leave the area and call emergency services.

Invermere Fire Rescue would also like to remind the public to always use proper ashtrays or metal containers with sand when disposing of ci******es. Potting soil and planter materials can become highly flammable when dry and are not safe for extinguishing smoking materials.

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