On August 16 2003 at about 4 am a wildfire was started by a lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park in British Columbia Canada. The one-in-a-hundred-year inferno began with a lightning strike.
Okanagan Mountain Park Wildfire Now An Estimated 400 Hectares Kelowna Capital News
The Okanagan Mountain Park fire of August and September 2003 consumed over 25000 hectares of forest and park land south and east of the city forcing the evacuation of more than 27000 people and destroying 239 homes on the southern edges of the city.
2003 kelowna mountain park fire. This is the 10th anniversary of Firestorm - the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire that gripped Kelowna and brought the world to our doorstep during the latter half of August 2003. As indicated in the Initial Interim Report issued in November 2003 the Society was formed in early September 2003 to receive donations to assist in recovery efforts arising out of the impact of the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire. Within a few days it had grown into a true firestorm.
Gerry Zimmermann seen here in 2003 when he was the Kelowna fire chief during the Okanagan Mountain Park Wildfire that swept through Kelownas south end destroying 240 homes. The Okanagan Mountain Park Fire lives in the memories of people throughout the valley and across the country including many of our own residents. The purpose of this report is to establish a strategic plan that will guide the Kelowna Fire Department KFD the City Executives and the Mayor and Council over the next 14 years in the delivery of valued protective services to the citizens of Kelowna.
The City of Kelowna suffered significant adversity during the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire OMPF of 2003 including significant damage to private property homes infrastructure as well as an evacuation of a significant portion of the Citys population. Interactive real-time wildfire. A small fire was started by lightning on Aug.
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The Okanagan Mountain Park forest fire alone destroyed more. Kelowna Fire 2003. 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire.
2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire. On August 16 a lightning strike sparked a wildfire near Rattlesnake Island located along the eastern. Five homes were lost in the Village of Kettle Valley as a result of the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire.
The fires final size was 25600 hectares. N 49 44382 W 119 45868. 16 2003 and largely ignored at first but quickly grew.
In August of 2003 the Central Okanagan was experiencing one of its driest summers in a decade. The Board of the Society is comprised of 14 individuals listed on Schedule fiAfl to this report. The OMPF was a severe.
The Okanagan Mountain Park fire of August and September 2003 burned more than 25000 hectares of forest. Was affected but the communities of Naramata and Kelowna suffered the most when the blaze caused the evacuation of 33050 people 4050 of these people were also evacuated for a second time and 238 homes. The Okanagan Mountain Park Wildfire during the 2003 fire season was the most significant interface wildfire event in BC.
In 2003 the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire hazard caused a huge damage to private property homes infrastruct ure as well as an evacuation of a major portion of population the city The Okanagan Mountain Park forest fire alone destroyed more than 230 homes in the Kelowna. If anyone knows who took it please let me know so I can do an appropriate citation. The fire also claimed 12 wooden trestles and damaged two other steel trestles in the historic Myra Canyon.
This is not my photo but it was one floating around the internet at the time. World Heritage Encyclopedia the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available and the most definitive collection ever assembled. The wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and the driest summer on record up to that time.
In August 2003 this fire burned nearly 250 homes in Kelowna BC and forced the evacuation of 30000 residents. 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire. And quickly and effectively recover from disasters.
On August 16 2003 a wildfire was started by a lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park in British Columbia CanadaThe wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and one of the driest summers in the past decade. The situation echoes that of the infamous 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Wildfire. On August 16 2003 a wildfire was started near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park in British Columbia.
More than 27000 people were evacuated and 239 homes. WorldPlaces Please click here to show the map. BC Wildfire continues suppression efforts on Christie Mountain blaze.
In the Okanagan Mountain Park firestorm of last August temperatures peaked at about 2500 degrees. The one-in-a-hundred-year inferno began with a lightning strike and was fuelled by a constant wind and one of the driest summers in a decade.