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Man rescued from steep cliff near Vernon’s Turtle Mountain
VERNON – A man was rescued from a steep cliff and taken to hospital yesterday…

Rope rescue used to pull man from shore of North Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Firefighters conducted a rope rescue near a steep embankment in the North Shore…

Rock climber rescued in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A rock climber stuck on a rock ledge in a regional park in…

Kelowna Fire Department is hiring but you better have one solid resume
KELOWNA – So you wanna be a firefighter? Run into burning buildings when others are…

Rope rescue in urban Vernon park
VERNON – Vernon firefighters were called to rescue a man who had fallen down a steep hill in Polson Park Saturday morning. Fire captain Dan Walker says they called out at about 11:30 a.m., Aug. 08 to help a man who was “unresponsive on the side of a hill” in Polson Park in Vernon. The...

Tragedy and success for rescuers on busy Monday
KAMLOOPS - After two months with only a few calls for service local search and rescue members were called out on three separate searches Monday, including one requiring a rope team to recover the body of Barriere man from a rolled SUV. Kamloops Search Manager Alan Hobler says they were first called out shortly after...

Rope rescue required in crash near Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS - Two people in their twenties are lucky to be alive after their car went off the road and down an embankment, coming to rest in a stand of trees Wednesday. Kamloops rural RCMP say the woman at the wheel of her mother's silver Nissan was coming around the corner at the 32...