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Sonny Johnson Hall; 5771 Green Lake North Road; 70 Mile House, B.C., V0K 2K1 (mailing address)

                               Shorty Horn Hall; 6303 Pioneer Road; 70 Mile House, B.C., V0K 2K1

Please read this important community bulletin concerning the current wildfire status in our area!

Dear Property Owners 

July 30, 2026. –  your Fire Department regrets that we are on Evacuation Alert due to the fires to the south and west of our protection area.

Evacuation Alert is not an order and so you are only to prepare for the possibility of a change in fire behaviour.  The WLNGLVFD has been preparing for any change in this behaviour.  We have responded to two fires and successfully extinguished them over the last week.  Owners should take comfort in knowing that if we end up on evacuation order, many of our 34 firefighters will stay behind to assist BC Wildfire.

IF WE ARE ORDERED TO EVACUATE, YOU CAN HELP US.

  • Please remove all combustible materials from outside your residence and place them inside your house or stack them in a big pile away from the house on the lawn or in the open. Please take your portable propane tanks with you or place them well away from your house/deck.  
  • Keeping your gutters clean helps to stop embers from starting a gutter fire.  
  • Cover your wood pile with a tarp so that falling embers extinguish on the tarp and not the dry wood.  
  • If you have installed sprinklers and a pump, please have a gas can visible for the pump.  We may be asked to inspect properties in our area and note which have pumps and sprinklers.  We or BCWF will make every effort to start them when required. To save time, please contact us at wlnglvfd@outlook.com and let us know if you have pumps and sprinklers on your property.

During an Evacuation Order, BC Wildfire may direct Structural Protection Units to come in and put sprinkler systems on houses.  During the 2017 fires, offshore properties were not protected due to lack of supplies.  If you have sprinklers, the best place for them is on your roof.  This creates a humidity cell around your house and puts water in your gutters.

This situation is very scary and we don’t wish to alarm you but being prepared is best.  Here are some important links:

  1. If you haven’t done so already, it is highly recommended that you register for the CRD Emergency Notification System. If you have registered, it may be necessary to update your contact information if you’ve changed phone numbers or email addresses. This automated system will alert you immediately by cell phone, land line and/or email should we progress to an evacuation order.  The link to register or update your information is:  https://www.cariboord.ca/emergency-protective-services/emergency-preparedness/emergency-notification-system/
  2. You can pre-register for Emergency Social Services to reduce the wait time and line-up to register if we go to evacuation order. If you want more information, the main government link is:  https://ess.gov.bc.ca/ and the toll-free phone number for evacuees is 1-800-387-4258
  3. You can keep track of the fire situation with BC Wildfire. They do daily updates on all fires in BC.  Their link is: https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/dashboard
  4. If anyone in your family suffers from breathing issues (e.g. asthma, COPD) you can get a reading of local air quality from our monitor located at Hall #2 (on Green Lake N. Road). Here is the link that shows our monitor, the 70 Mile House VFD monitor and one more private monitor on Green Lake:  https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#10.57/51.3565/-121.1909
  5. There is an online meeting for residents of Green Lake regarding evacuation alerts and wildfires today at 3:00 p.m.. People can also call in if they don’t have access to internet at 1-855-703-8985 (Webinar ID: 873 4436 4756).

  Public Information Meeting for Green Lake Residents – July 30, 2026 – Thompson-Nicola Regional District

You can be assured that your fire department is working hard to keep our community safe.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at wlnglvfd@outlook.com  and we will direct your question(s) to the best person to address them.

Stay safe

WLNGLVFD Board of Directors

  New!  See the recently posted photograph of our first fire engine.  Find it in the “About Us” tab  under the “History” sub-tab. It’s hilarious!  Also,  check out our videos, including the fire dept. engines and trucks on parade July 1st, shown in the “Videos” tab.

Also, check our area’s new daily air quality control monitor at: PurpleAir.com

*Please also visit the Fire Dept.’s Facebook Page at: www.facebook.com/wlnglfiredept/

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***Be sure to read the “2026 Spring Newsletter” published in the “Newsletters” tab on the Main Menu above.