Smoke and flames from a wildfire training exercise may be visible in the Predator Ridge area southwest of Vernon and along Highway 97 on the weekend of March 22-23, 2014.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning to conduct a prescribed burn near the Lorning Way subdivision in the Village of Lytton. This controlled burn is scheduled to start on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, and conclude by Friday, March 21, 2014.

Effective immediately, travellers are advised the Monte Creek Forest Service Road, also known locally as the Private Forest Service Road, is closed until further notice at the 5.75 kilometre marker for road repairs.

Current weather conditions make it safer for private landowners, Wildfire Management Branch personnel and industry partners to reduce wildfire risks by burning piles of wood debris.

Effective at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 15, open fires will be permitted in all fire zones within the Kamloops Fire Centre, due to a decreased risk of wildfires.

Effective Oct. 1, 2013, open fires will be permitted in the Clearwater Fire Zone and the Salmon Arm Fire Zone within the Kamloops Fire Centre, due to a decreased risk of wildfires.

Effective at noon on Monday, Aug. 26, campfires will be permitted throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre.

More B.C. firefighting personnel and resources will be deployed out of province this week to help our neighbours to the south deal with an increase in wildfire activity.

British Columbia's Wildfire Management Branch is sending 41 firefighting personnel to Idaho to assist with fire suppression efforts there.

Effective at 12 noon on Wednesday, Aug. 21, campfires will remain prohibited in all areas of the Kamloops Fire Centre except the Clearwater Fire Zone.