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The week of April 17, 2026
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FIGHTING FIRES
Peachland firefighters preparing as summer approaches
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By Jeff McDonald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ast year’s fire season was a busy one in Peachland, with three significant wildfires near the town. With not much winter precipitation and local forests already very dry, the 2026 fire season could be shaping up the same way, said Peachland Fire & Rescue Chief Ian Cummings. “I definitely have some concerns about the upcoming summer
and the drought conditions we have and wildfire possibilities, so that’s always on our minds here,” said Cummingst. The amount of rain Peachland receives in late spring and early summer is a big factor, but either way fire season is getting longer. “Last year was relatively mild, and then it really hit us late in the season, more into late August, September,” he said. The fire department played a role fighting three significant fires in 2025: on Drought
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Local firefighters are readying themselves for the upcoming fire season.
Hill, Peachland Creek, and the Monroe Lake Fire. Cummings said they work well with the B.C. Wildfire Service, partly because they’ve become very well-rehearsed in recent years. “We set up a unified command quickly, which means that we brought in senior people from all the different agencies and years of practice, unfortunately, through necessity has made things a lot smoother. B.C. Wildfire is great to work with. They come with a lot of resources if available and we inte-
grate into their system really well.” Cummings said other partners like West Kelowna, Kelowna, and the RDCO provided resources, both apparatus and manpower. “And it’s reciprocal so when something happens in one of the other neighboring communities, we will be providing that same kind of assistance,” he said. Peachland has many homes and structures that were built in the interface between urban SEE FIRES PAGE 7