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Oliver Jul 11, 2020 / 3:02 pm
Mass casualty car accidents require quick thinking and careful extraction, and on Friday evening the Oliver Fire Department (OFD) embarked on a...
Oliver May 7, 2021 / 3:57 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is dealing with incidents of vandalism on several of their cars at the department's training grounds, with someone...
Oliver Dec 15, 2022 / 9:42 am
One person was sent to the hospital after a fire engulfed a large garage in Oliver early Thursday morning. The Oliver Fire Department was dispatched...
Oliver Mar 14, 2022 / 10:28 am
The Oliver Fire Department had their hands full overnight Sunday when a storage facility at Oliver Global Grocers went up in flames. The popular...
Oliver Aug 20, 2022 / 3:35 pm
Fire crews in Oliver got held up while trying to get to the scene of a trailer fire on Saturday, stuck behind the traffic that had gathered to get a...
Oliver Jan 14, 2023 / 6:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department will be holding its annual recruiting evaluations at the end of February and is ready for new applicants to join their...
Oliver Nov 1, 2022 / 10:01 am
The Oliver Fire Department pleaded with the public to be careful with fire-related activities after responding to a grass fire on Sunday night that...
Oliver Dec 2, 2022 / 4:00 am
Come by the Oliver Fire Department on Saturday morning to grab a piping-hot breakfast made fresh by the team. Fire crews will be manning the grills...
Oliver Feb 22, 2022 / 10:12 am
Firefighters were up well before dawn on Tuesday morning, responding to a report of smoke off Highway 97 North in Oliver at a local pot shop. When...
Oliver Apr 5, 2022 / 10:06 am
A open burning pile got away on a home owner off McKinney road in Oliver on Monday. The Oliver Fire Department was called in when the fire started...
Oliver May 19, 2022 / 12:15 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is planning a 100th anniversary celebration party this summer. On July 9, the festivities will take place, with...
Oliver Apr 14, 2022 / 9:45 am
As open burning season comes to a close, the Oliver Fire Department is reminding residents on the final days who are doing any type of burning or...
Oliver Mar 24, 2022 / 9:17 am
Little is left of a truck that was fully engulfed in flames early Thursday morning in Oliver, off Black Sage Road and Saddleridge Road. The Oliver...
Oliver Apr 28, 2021 / 11:44 am
Fire crews were dispatched to a brush fire near Road 21 and Fruitvale Way off of Highway 97 near Oliver Tuesday afternoon, sparking from a mower being...
Oliver Jan 22, 2021 / 2:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department announced their newest vehicle brought in on Thursday night, Tender 182. As a replacement for their worn-out 1991 GMC, the...
Oliver Dec 7, 2022 / 1:45 pm
All residents of an Oliver home and their dog are safe thanks to the Oliver Fire Department extinguishing a dog house on fire next to their home early...
Oliver Apr 1, 2023 / 12:30 pm
The Oliver Fire Department tackled two blazes over the past 24 hours, extinguishing a deck and car fire before either spread to further property. The...
Oliver May 7, 2022 / 3:00 pm
Firefighters were called out on Thursday afternoon for two motor vehicle accidents, one involving a vehicle in a ditch and one involving this ATV...
Oliver Oct 7, 2021 / 4:31 pm
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. Oliver Fire Department spokesperson Rob Graham said a home has been heavily damaged by fire in Oliver Thursday, and a cat was killed...
Oliver Jun 1, 2022 / 6:00 pm
A milestone has been reached for Oliver firefighters, celebrating 100 years of being a fire department. The department will be hosting two...
Oliver Sep 14, 2021 / 1:12 pm
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a report of structure fire on Monday morning, arriving to a motorhome and car engulfed in flames south of town...
Oliver Dec 14, 2021 / 12:14 pm
The Town of Oliver has re-appointed fire chief Bob Graham to the role for another three-year term. Graham has three decades of fire experience and has...
Oliver Nov 11, 2021 / 10:30 am
A home is still standing thanks to the quick response from the Oliver Fire Department Wednesday night. Fire crews received a report of a fire off of...
Oliver May 3, 2021 / 10:14 am
Oliver Fire Department crews are cleaning up after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 at Road 22 Monday morning. A white car and a silver pickup truck...
Oliver Oct 5, 2021 / 11:42 am
The Oliver Fire Department is inviting the public to join them for the end of Fire Prevention Week, with live demonstrations, a BBQ and the...
Oliver Jun 29, 2021 / 1:25 pm
An Oliver resident had a close call after flipping and becoming trapped underneath his riding mower on Sunday morning, right next to the river bank....
Oliver/Osoyoos Apr 19, 2021 / 2:16 pm
An unusual rescue had a successful ending Monday as Oliver Fire Department crews responded to a car in Okanagan River north of Osoyoos Lake, with an...
Oliver Dec 19, 2020 / 6:15 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is keeping their yearly Christmas truck celebrations going, adapting to making sure to spread some holiday cheer safely. ...
Oliver Jan 27, 2021 / 2:06 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is reminding people to clean out their chimneys after responding to two separate chimney fires on Tuesday, both due to...
Oliver Nov 26, 2020 / 1:30 pm
If you hear an air raid horn Friday night in Oliver, don't be alarmed. It's just the Town kicking off its holiday light event. The Town is...
Oliver Jul 4, 2021 / 8:00 pm
UPDATE 7:50 p.m. The Oliver Fire Department, BC Wildfire ground crews, helicopters and air-tankers have worked together to set up a perimeter guard...
Oliver Jul 19, 2021 / 11:12 pm
UPDATE: 11:10 p.m. Another evacuation alert has been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen in Electoral Area C and the Town of...
Oliver Jul 5, 2021 / 12:19 pm
UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. All evacuation alerts on Osoyoos Indian Band land have been rescinded by the Band. UPDATE: 10:50 a.m. Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver Apr 30, 2022 / 10:35 am
UPDATE: 10:35 a.m. The cause of the large building fire in Oliver overnight is being considered “suspicious.” A vacant residential home...
Oliver Dec 16, 2022 / 2:35 pm
One man has died after succumbing to his injuries from a fire that engulfed a large garage in Oliver early Thursday morning. The Oliver Fire...
Oliver Mar 6, 2023 / 8:55 am
The Oliver Fire Department spent an hour and a half knocking down a house fire Sunday evening. On Sunday, March 5, crews responded to reports of...
Oliver Dec 28, 2021 / 2:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department had to call in an extra truck for help while attending to a vehicle fire on McKinney road on Sunday night. The crew shared...
Oliver/Osoyoos Nov 24, 2020 / 4:18 pm
UPDATE: 4:18 p.m. Crews have cleared out and Highway 97 is fully reopened after the roof of a fruit market was fully engulfed by flames on Tuesday...
Oliver Jul 28, 2022 / 4:00 am
The Oliver Fire Department has been filling in the health care gaps in the community by attending medical first response calls this year due to a...
Oliver May 24, 2022 / 10:46 am
One person is dead after a Saturday afternoon mobile home fire in Oliver. Local fire crews were called to the scene around 4 p.m. and found the...