Around 50 firefighters from as close as Naramata to as far as Quesnel and Victoria got some hands on pick axe firefighting experience at a hot site that included burning logs and grassy terrain.
“The boots on the ground training is truly the fundamentals of wildfire firefighting and techniques.We are hoping they can take these techniques and share that with their home base.
The Penticton Fire Department has hosted this symposium in 2018 and 2019 but has not been able to return to a full scale event until this year.
Another indicator that things are still cool, is pine needles aren’t snapping yet from being dry.