INFORMATION RELEASE 

Kaleden FireSmart and the Twin Lakes Fire Service Society are hosting roving wood chipping events in May to help residents remove flammable materials from their property. Neighbours are encouraged to work together to limb, trim, rake, thin and haul flammable debris to the chipper and bin for proper disposal.

Only the following items will be accepted:

For the wood chipper: Small trees, branches, shrubs
For the bin: Pine needles, cones, small shrubs, tumbleweeds, long grasses

Twin Lakes FireSmart Neighbourhood Roving Wood Chipping Event:

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Details: To register your address for the roving wood chipper, please email twinlakesfire@gmail.com, kregamble@gmail.com or contact Karon Regamble, 250-490-5167, prior to Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Kaleden FireSmart Neighbourhood Roving Wood Chipping Event:

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024
Time: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm (roving chipper)
Details: To register your address for the roving wood chipper please email firesmart@kaledenfire.ca by Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

A large bin will be placed by the Kaleden Irrigation District office, 119 Ponderosa Ave, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm to collect non-chippable vegetation debris. An information tent will be on-site. 

FireSmart BC is looking for volunteers in the White Lake Road and St Andrew by the Lake areas to help organize FireSmart events in the Kaleden area. If you’re interested, please email Barb Leslie or contact Hayden Zahrawi, RDOS FireSmart Coordinator.

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Mark Pendergraft, Chair
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen

Contacts:

Hayden Zahrawi
RDOS FireSmart Coordinator
250-490-4139

RDOS Communications
250-490-4148
Toll-Free 1-877-610-3737