Salt Spring Crews Battle House Fire Amid Heavy Snowfall
A Swanson Road home suffered extensive damage yet no injuries resulted as firefighters quickly knocked down a…
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Salt Spring Fire-Rescue
Autumn an ideal time for wildfire prevention work
By MITCHELL SHERRIN
Special to the Driftwood
When is the best time to fix a roof leak? Not when it’s…
Salt Spring resort blaze challenges fire crews
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Salt Spring Fire-Rescue crews battled a major blaze at a multi-storey structure…
Windsor Plywood fire factors, implications reviewed
Investigation into cause ongoing
The Salt Spring Fire Protection District is re-examining potential risks and…
Jamie Holmes appointed as Salt Spring’s deputy fire chief
A long-standing gap in Salt Spring Fire Rescue management has been partly resolved at last with appointment of…
Roadside van destroyed by fire
Salt Spring Fire Rescue members were unable to do much about a car fire that destroyed an abandoned, unlicensed…
Viewpoint: Fire board – nuance offered
By HOWARD BAKER
I read with interest the editorial in last week’s Driftwood and hope to add a little nuance.
I…
Holmes appointed acting fire chief
The Salt Spring Fire Protection District board of trustees has appointed Jamie Holmes as the fire department’s…
Child hit by tree during windstorm making good progress
The West Coast’s first major wind event of the season caused traumatic injury to a young island girl, as well as…
Fire crews tackle Isabella Point car fire Friday night
Sirens were heard from Ganges to the south end of Salt Spring Friday night after a vehicle erupted in fire on…