West Kelowna Fire Chief
Jason Brolund transitioned from his role at the City of Kelowna’s fire department in March 2015 to assume the position of Chief at West Kelowna Fire Rescue, responsible for serving both the City of West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation. He notably served as Fire Chief during the McDougall Creek wildfire incident in August 2023.
Panelists
Dr. Adam Ford
UBC Okanagan
Angela Kane
Secwepemcul’ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society
Don Iveson
Co-operators
Jason Brolund
West Kelowna Fire Chief
Jason Hwang
Pacific Salmon Foundation
Joe Gilchrist
Salish Fire Keepers Society
Dr. Kira Hoffman
UBC-Vancouver and Bulkley Valley Research Centre
Dr. Marc-André Parisien
Canadian Forest Service
Dr. Paul Hessburg
US Forest Service
Robert Phillips
First Nations Summit
Robert Gray
R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd./Hessburg Landscape Fire Ecology Lab
Dr. Sarah Henderson
BC Centre for Disease Control
Stephanie Ewen
UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest
Moderators
Chris Walker
CBC
Dr. Jill Harvey
Thompson Rivers University
Dr. Susan Prichard
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington