Category: Fire Services

Athabasca County Fire Services delivers an essential public service, helping make Athabasca County a safer place to live, work, and play. The services provided by Athabasca County Fire Services are essential in responding to fire, rescue, and emergency situations, fire prevention, public education, and in responding to life threatening emergency medical situations in an assistance…

Athabasca County is pleased and excited to announce that Mr. Travis Shalapay has been hired as the Regional Fire Chief for Athabasca County effective July 24th, 2023. Mr. Shalapay has 15 years of progressive leadership experience in both municipal and industrial settings. Mr. Shalapay brings to the County over 20 years of volunteer firefighter experience…

Due to the recent weather conditions, Athabasca County has lifted the fire ban.  A FIRE RESTRICTION remains in effect for that area of the County outside of the Forest Protection Area. Under this restriction: Existing fire permits are suspended and no new fire permits will be issued Safe wood campfires within fire rings in campgrounds…

The Jackfish/Camping Lake fire is still being held. Hot spots remain around the area and will take time and labour to deem the fire as under control. Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has crews and equipment on the ground. County crews remain on site fighting the fire. Helicopters remain dedicated to the site bucketing the fire….

Jackfish/Camping Lake Fire Update May 19th:   The status of the fire remains the same from the May 16th update. The Jackfish/Camping Lake fire is still being held and good progress has been made. An update will be made once the fire is deemed under control. There are 4 SRD crews with 2 helicopters still…

The Jackfish/Camping Lake fire is still being held and good progress has been made. An update will be made once the fire is deemed under control. There are 4 SRD crews with 2 helicopters still bucketing the fire. 2 County crews remain on site fighting the fire. The prepare to evacuate notice for the area…

The fire continues to be deemed HELD by Alberta Forestry and Parks. For a fire to be classified as under control, ground crews will need to put water at least 30 feet into the burn area around the entire proximity of the fire. This process takes a few days. An update will be given once…

The fire has been deemed HELD by Alberta Forestry and Parks. Firefighting activities are still being done and are covering hotspots. The dozer guard around the fire is complete. The patrol operation activity for the fire guard crews is still high. The fire has burned 2536 hectares. Sprinkler protection of the nearby properties has been…

Jackfish/Camping Lake Fire Update May 7th AM A flare up occurred overnight but was quickly contained Dozer crews are aiming to have the fire guard built around the entirety of the fire today. The resources committed by the Province have made a significant impact in containing the wildfire. SRD has 3 attack crews (24 ground…

The fire is now about 60% contained and holding. There has been no fire advancement to the North-West. Ground crews continue to maintain their ground. An additional request for waterbombers has been made. Please avoid the area. Crews require the roads and space to ensure they can work effectively and safely. Please do not fly…