New chief announced for North Westside Fire Rescue department – Okanagan

The world that spans La Casa to Westshore Estates within the Central Okanagan has a brand new fireplace chief.

Ross Kotscherofski has taken the function.

Kotscherofski was beforehand the Regional District of the Central Okanagan’s fireplace companies supervisor and in line with the regional district, has emergency medical responder expertise and greater than eight years beneath his belt working as a full-time firefighter, coach and administrator.

“I gained invaluable expertise overseeing the RDCO’s 4 fireplace departments, however my ardour is de facto serving to the group on the entrance line throughout a disaster,” Kotscherofski mentioned in an announcement.

“I’m wanting ahead to working as a primary responder with the devoted staff at NWFR.”

2:18North Westside residents transfer in the direction of rebuilding after White Rock Lake wildfire

In August 2021, 79 houses within the North Westside protection space had been destroyed when the  White Rock Lake fireplace burned a path between Vernon and Kamloops. In all, 83,000 hectares and destroyed or considerably broken over 100 houses in communities from Monte Lake to Killiney Seashore.

The place of North Westside fireplace chief, nevertheless, had been vacant since March, when the final chief retired shortly after being employed.

Prior to now, the function has raised group controversy.

In 2020, dozens of North Westside residents attended a rally  upset that the explanations for the suspensions of fireside chief Jason Satterthwaite and his lieutenant Robert Gajda should not being launched.