Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations - Wildfire Management Branch

Media Contacts

Members of our media team are available by email or phone to

  • arrange and conduct interviews
  • provide backgrounders, photos and B-roll
  • arrange access to fire sites

For timely information on the local and provincial wildfire situation, please contact the appropriate Information Officer below.

Provincial Fire Information Officer
Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre		 Alyson Couch
(250) 312-3051
Provincial Fire Information Officer
Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre		 Kevin Skrepnek
(250) 312-3051
Provincial Fire Information Officer
Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre		 Erin Catherall
(250) 312-3051
Provincial Fire Information Officer
Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre		 Navdeep Saini
(250) 312-3051
Fire Information Officer
Coastal Fire Centre, Parksville		 Donna MacPherson
(250) 951-4209
Fire Information Officer
Coastal Fire Centre, Parksville		 Marg Drysdale
(250) 951-4238
Fire Information Officer
Kamloops Fire Centre, Kamloops		 Michaela Swan
(250) 554-5532
Fire Information Officer
Kamloops Fire Centre, Kamloops		 Kayla Pepper
(250) 554-5530
Fire Information Officer
Kamloops Fire Centre, Kamloops		 Melissa Welsh
(250) 554-5964
Fire Information Officer
Southeast Fire Centre, Castlegar		 Karlie Shaughnessy
(250) 365-4014
Fire Information Officer
Southeast Fire Centre, Castlegar		 Jordan Turner
(250) 365-4014
Fire Information Officer
Cariboo Fire Centre, Williams Lake		 Greig Bethal
(250) 989-2665
Fire Information Officer
Northwest Fire Centre, Smithers		 Suzanne Pearce
(250) 847-6639
Fire Information Officer
Prince George Fire Centre, Prince George		 Dustin Eno
(250) 565-6129