Kelowna Fire Scanner Online

[toasteroven]

One lady says it might have just been a cloud? Poor thing, probably feels like a doofus, but really, better to be safe than sorry!

The unit on-site has said that they still cannot see any smoke. I'm on the fence.. much better to be safe than sorry, but how much resources are being wasted driving around... tough balance...

[tawnylee]

I could use a couple apple turnovers right about now too!

*sorry, just thought I'd try some humor to lighten the load!

[toasteroven]

Yeah - that was pretty funny. How not to wear your mic and lean over the window while ordering Timmy's lol.

[toasteroven]

Sounds like the Boucherie fire was a false. Nothing to see here... move along.

[Snickerdoodle]

I love how polite everyone on the radio is to each other regardless of the stress they are under.... and also how calm they all are.

[Snickerdoodle]

I've missed the location twice now... the white smoke they are talking about - where is this?

[toasteroven]

I've missed the location twice now... the white smoke they are talking about - where is this?

Whitman / Whiteman Rd... 17k marker... heavy static and breakup, hard to tell.

[whiskeywarrior]

I've missed the location twice now... the white smoke they are talking about - where is this?

I'm listening snickerdoodle, if I hear I'll let ya know

[whiskeywarrior]

I've missed the location twice now... the white smoke they are talking about - where is this?

Whitman / Whiteman Rd... 17k marker... heavy static and breakup, hard to tell.

Ah ok .... thank you toasteroven

[Snickerdoodle]

Thank you both of you.
Sounds like a lot of them are coming in. But I'm under the impression a rank 6 fire you can't have ground crews... so if this is correct, and the helicopters are starting to come in.... then are we once again at mother natures mercy until 7am.

[dieselDaryl]

I think the guys at ScanBC.com and tac9.ca deserve a pat on the back. Sometimes the "official" information just doesn't cut it and these guys have stepped up to allow the average person to get quite a bit more info that what is being dished out.

According to the thread on their site, they've had 200+ listeners at one time and I know bandwidth and the equipment they have probably ain't cheap. I sent a few bucks their way and would hope that others would do the same if they found the info useful.

donate button is on the main page http://www.scanbc.com no affiliation, yadda yadda..

cheers,
Daryl

[toasteroven]

Thank you both of you.
Sounds like a lot of them are coming in. But I'm under the impression a rank 6 fire you can't have ground crews... so if this is correct, and the helicopters are starting to come in.... then are we once again at mother natures mercy until 7am.

Yes; difficult with the conflicting information to know what is going on.

News release indicated they would devote 24-hour support to fighting the fire.

However, a Rank 6 does not usually allow the possibility for ground fighting. Members nearly got killed back in '03 and that was when the OKP fire was rated a 5, with "5/6 characteristics".

Scanner's gotten awfully quiet.

I guess we'll have to wait some more to see the glow / flames to attempt to make an assessment ourselves, but of course, the fire looks so much closer in the dark...

That is my fear... without any solid "official" information, the possibility for people to panic and react to rumor /supposition is that much higher.

I saw that donation button and sent them some $$ too Daryl; good suggestion.

[HarveyB]

Daryl and all others feel free to stop by http://www.scanbc.com/irc
and say hi to everyone involved. If you like the scanning this group monitors comunications from all across, you can visit the web site at www.scanbc.com

Regards,
HarveyB

I think the guys at ScanBC.com and tac9.ca deserve a pat on the back. Sometimes the "official" information just doesn't cut it and these guys have stepped up to allow the average person to get quite a bit more info that what is being dished out.

According to the thread on their site, they've had 200+ listeners at one time and I know bandwidth and the equipment they have probably ain't cheap. I sent a few bucks their way and would hope that others would do the same if they found the info useful.

donate button is on the main page http://www.scanbc.com no affiliation, yadda yadda..

cheers,
Daryl

[badtabu]

From the fires on the scanner is there a list of which fire is which? I know the Terrace Mountain is 720 but now the fire numbers are up to 878 just wondering where all the others are.? is there a website with all the listings?

[grammafreddy]

From the fires on the scanner is there a list of which fire is which? I know the Terrace Mountain is 720 but now the fire numbers are up to 878 just wondering where all the others are.? is there a website with all the listings?

No.