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Wildfire season ignites test evacuation in Vernon

  • Vernon Search and Rescue teams are preparing for wildfires by conducting a mock evacuation test in the Foothills neighborhood.
  • During the mock scenario, VSAR crews visited homes to explain real evacuation procedures and used tracking software for efficiency.
  • VSAR emphasized their role in delivering evacuation alerts during interface wildfires, ensuring resident safety.
  • The organization thanked local homeowners for their understanding during the unexpected training event, noting it helped refresh their skills.
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Wildfire season ignites test evacuation in Vernon

Search and Rescue crews exercise full scale mock scenario in Foothills

The new simulator shows how quickly communities could flee a wildfire based on digital and real-world data. It was even tested in a real-life simulation. Wildfires ravage vegetation. Fires are not a problem unique to the Australian outback or the United States. Between 2021 and 2024, there were an estimated 1,874 wildfires per year in the EU, The Guardian reported. With climate change, the problem won't go away anytime soon. A new wildfire evacu…

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Sicamous Eagle Valley News broke the news in Salmon Arm, Canada on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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