Extreme Fire Danger Reminder

The TIVFD has received several complaints from different neighbourhoods concerning the use of gas powered machinery and metal bladed mowers during the complete shutdown while we are in EXTREME HAZARD.

This may be due to some summer residents not understanding the hazards, and they may not be accessing our ESPOKES communications, checking the TIVFD website, or reading the Hazard Board by the ferry dock for information. A friendly chat with your neighbour about the local conditions here and why we all have to be extra cautious (dryer and windier conditions than Vancouver Island, no mutual aid from other fire departments, suppression water transportation distances, etc.) will help to educate them and lower your neighbourhood’s and the community’s risk for accidental human-caused fire starts.

Thank you, and keep cool.

Fire Chief, TIVFD