South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department

It’s that time of year again.

We will  be starting to make Apple pies on Tuesday January 23, 9:00 am. Bring your favorite peeler or rolling pin with you. 

Pie making sessions will be every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00am. We need lots of helpers so we can finish each session by noon.

I hope you can make it! See you Tuesday.

SGLVFD will be holding their annual Open House on Saturday, May 20th from 11 – 1 pm Pie sales, Firesmart info, Sprinkler demo, Raffle , Hotdogs & refreshments by donation.

All apparatus will be on display, come on down and meet your local firemen!!!

On Wednesday Dec. 29th at approximately 6:45 pm the SGLVFD were called out to a structure fire at 4110 North Bonaparte Road . 

Upon arrival 2 occupants were out of the house . The house was fully engulfed , we provided exposure protection and monitored the Fire Scene until it posed no further threat .

The occupants were assessed by BCAS  and  released .

We worked through some challenging conditions due to the adverse weather conditions.

I would like to thank those who attended , you did an outstanding job .

Fire Chief Roger Graham 

Water Supply filling up Tender at Fire Access 2. -20 C and snowing heavy.

A couple of weeks ago, the South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department (SGLVFD) Auxiliary funded a retirement event for three members of the fire department – Maintenance Officer Bob Walker, Captain Art Groves and Fire Chief Peter McKie.

“I was only expecting a small send-off from the fire department, but it went way beyond my expectations. The commemorative plaques for the three of us was unexpected but very much appreciated by all of the retiring members,” McKie says.

He adds the retirements were due to a variety of reasons – health issues and people moving away from the South Green Lake community.

McKie says it was a big gap to fill in the fire department, but some members stepped up to fill vacant positions.

“We have commitments from members stepping up to fill the positions to keep the fire department moving forward.”

He thanks Roger Graham for becoming the new Fire Chief, Dunham Craig – new Deputy Fire Chief, Bob Bell – new Assistant Fire Chief, Steve Baker – new Captain, Dennis Nagy – existing Captain and Brian Wagner – new Maintenance Officer.

“Thank you all for stepping up.

“On the fact that what we’ve accomplished by working together over the past 10 years, I feel very confident the fire department will continue to grow and support Green Lake with activities such as FireSmart, dry hydrant project, fire prevention and continuing to upgrading our training to meet WorkSafeBC and Office of the Fire Commissioner’s Playbook requirements.

“I would like to thank the [Thompson-Nicola Regional District] for all of its support when we became a TNRD Fire Hall and getting us through the growing pains and all of their processes – most importantly the TNRD Fire Protection Services staff for helping us get through their processes.

“I would also like to thank everybody for their dedication and commitment on many projects over the past decade. If it wasn’t for them, we couldn’t have achieved all that we have done.”

Moving forward, McKie says the fire department is looking at replacing apparatus that is “timing out” and is looking at new apparatus.

Retiring SGLVFD fire chief Peter McKie was very happy when open the plaque he received at the retirement luncheon.

Ken Alexander photo