New emergency exit in West Kelowna neighbourhood gets first test – Kelowna Capital News

July 11, 2024

‘A lot of good things come out of it’

A portion of the Casa Loma community was the scene of a mock evacuation to test a new emergency route and the effectiveness of the community’s fire warden program.

“What we wanted to see how people would respond to driving it as well as the response to the evacuation notice,” said Community Emergency Liaison John Martin, who put the warden program together.

Martin said the exercise went well and the community and emergency services that took part learned a great deal.

“A lot of good things come out of it and there were some minor things that will have to be implemented to make it better.”

West Kelowna Fire Rescue, RCMP, Bylaw Services, Westbank First Nations Bylaw, city staff, Kelowna Fire Department and community fire wardens participated in the exercise.

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