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If your home is threatened by a wildfire, you may have limited time to make it more defendable by firefighting crews. Closing your doors and windows on the way out could save your home. Structure protection specialist Joss offers three simple tips you can use before evacuating. If you may need to evacuate, check out the FireSmart BC evacuation checklist: https://firesmartbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FireSmartCanada-Evacuation-Checklist.pdf | BC Wildfire Service

British Columbia has been grateful to host 215 South African firefighters over the past two weeks. This morning, as they prepared to depart for days of rest, they gifted local crews and staff members with a moving ceremony of song and dance to uplift spirits. This team from Working on Fire have been deployed to support efforts on the Bush Creek East wildfire, in the Shuswap region, and the McDougall Creek wildfire, adjacent to West Kelowna. Following days of rest, they will head north to support