Whitewood Fire Department

08/29/2025

At 12:10 p.m. WFD was dispatched for a field and bale fire north of town in the RM of Willowdale. Firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire with the help of local farmers. The fire was believed to have been started by a baler, which fortunately was not damaged. Thanks to everyone who came with equipment and extra water. All units were back in service at 1:50 p.m.

08/28/2025

08/27/2025

At 2 p.m. WFD was dispatched to a combine fire southeast of town in the RM of Silverwood. Firefighters quickly knocked down the spreading grass fire and then focused on extinguish the combine fure. All units were back in service at 4:25 p.m.

08/26/2025

Tonight members of the WFD did training on drafting water using our portable tank using both pumper trucks as well as the tanker. Drafting is used when fighting fires in areas without hydrants and could involve sucking water from a portable tank, dugout or a lake.

08/25/2025

At 4 p.m. WFD was dispatched to a grass fire at the powwow grounds on Ochapowace. Upon arriving on scene members of the Ochapowace community had managed to contain and extinguish the fire using heavy equipment. Good job to those community members for their quick actions in preventing what could have become a large wildland and structure fire.

08/19/2025

WFD would like to wish our leader Fire Chief Bernard Brule a happy birthday! Thanks for everything you do for the department and our firefighters.

08/17/2025

At 10:45 a.m. this morning WFD along with Whitewood EMS and Broadview RCMP were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover on a grid road on the south side of Round Lake in the Qu’Appelle Valley. A car travelling east down the south hill veered off the road into the bushes and rolled over 300 feet down the valley side before coming to rest upsidedown on the edge of another road at the bottom of the valley. One of the two occupants had to be removed using the Jaws of Life and both were transported to hospital with what appeared to be non life threatening injuries. Thank you to the bystanders who came across the accident shortly after it happened and for their assistance until emergency crews arrived. All WFD units were back in service at 12:35 p.m.

08/17/2025

It was a busy night for WFD Saturday night with back-to-back calls coming in.
The first call came in at around 9:15 p.m. with a request for firefighters set up a STARS landing zone near a residence on Ochapowace First Nation. Then at approximately 10:55 p.m., while returning from the first call, a second call came in for a vehicle fire two kilometres north of town on Grid 2030. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a fully engulfed vehicle in the ditch. Efforts were quickly made to keep the fire from spreading and the vehicle fire was eventually extinguished using water and foam. All units were back in device at 12:05 a.m.

08/15/2025

Happy Birthday Firefighter Bailey Swain! Hope you have a great day!

08/14/2025

Several members of WFD spent the afternoon at Dairy Queen for Miracle Treat Day giving tours of our rescue and wildland trucks. We had lots of visitors stop by from both in town as well as from other communities and provinces to check out the vehicles and equipment. Between visitors our firefighters lent a helping hand and picked garbage from along the edge of the parking lot to help make our community look better. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and thanks to Whitewood Dairy Queen and Borderland Co-op for inviting us out for a worthwhile cause.

08/14/2025

WFD is at Dairy Queen from 1-4 pm today for Miracle Treat Day. Come check out the trucks and buy a Blizzard Treat. 100% of proceeds from every Blizzard Treat sold is donated to local Children's Miracle Network hospitals.

08/09/2025

⚠️ Flying a drone near a wildfire will force the SPSA to shut down air operations until the airspace is clear, and it poses a serious threat to the safety of firefighting personnel.

Under Canadian Aviation Regulation 601.15, all non-firefighting aircraft, including drones, must remain the required distance from wildfires.

👉 Get information on Canadian Aviation Regulations here: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety