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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:48 PM
Effective at 12 noon Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, all open burning, including campfires and fireworks, will be prohibited across the Merritt and Lillooet fire zones within the Kamloops Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011 3:14 PM
The Cariboo Fire Centre is urging the public to be cautious with fire use as conditions become increasingly hot and dry.
There is currently a restriction on open burning within the Cariboo Fire Centre region. Specifically, this restriction prohibits:
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Saturday, August 6, 2011 9:00 AM
As fire activity levels remain low in B.C., the Wildfire Management Branch continues to be able to deploy crews to Ontario.
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Friday, August 5, 2011 9:00 AM
Warm, dry weather is expected throughout the Prince George Fire Centre into the weekend, bringing the fire danger rating to moderate to high and increasing the risk of wildfire.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 3:00 PM
Ontario has requested further firefighting assistance from British Columbia, with an expected increase in lightning activity and ongoing hot and dry conditions.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:35 PM
British Columbia is deploying additional forest fire personnel to Ontario, while another group returns home.
As 101 firefighters currently in Ontario reach their maximum amount of deployment days and return to B.C., five 20-person unit crews and an agency representative will depart for Ontario to replace them.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:45 PM
British Columbia is sending an additional 74 forest fire personnel to Ontario to assist with a continuing increase in fire activity.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 2:52 PM
British Columbia is deploying another 106 firefighters and wildfire management experts to assist with increasing wildfire activity in Ontario.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 2:45 PM
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson recognized the District of Logan Lake for fully implementing its community wildfire protection plan during a special awards ceremony at the Merritt Fire Zone base today.
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Monday, May 16, 2011 11:07 AM
British Columbia will send more than 120 B.C. wildland firefighters to Alberta this week to help fight fires threatening Slave Lake and outlying communities.
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