(STEVE ARSTAD / iNFOnews.ca)
April 20, 2021 - 6:30 AM
The Penticton fire base is nearing completion on a $2.5 million upgrade, just in time for fire season.
B.C. Wildfire Penticton Base spokesperson Rob Osiowy says a project to expand the facility’s classroom, training and office facilities on the west side of Airport Road should be ready by the end of the month, while work across the road on an upgraded warehouse and training space should be finished later in June.
“We’re looking forward to making the base a better place to work out of. The base is split in two, bisected by Airport Road. The east side will see an upgraded warehouse, which hasn’t been renovated for 30 years, and a double-wide trailer complex to provide more updated and modern office facilities for the 29 personnel who work out of the Penticton office,” he says.