List of Emergency Personnel, FireFighters, Volunteers, Key Contractors & Others 
Who Worked on the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire
Our Thanks to All
This list will likely always be a work in progress with so many people ot thank.  Our apologies to the many we have inevitably missed and also deserved of thanks.  If you worked for an organization that belongs on the list, please forward us your names.  news@castanet.net 
Last updated: April 20, 2004
Emergency Operations Centre Staff
Name Organization
Adam Durette City of Kelowna
Alan Rasmussen Ministry of Forests
Alex Johnston RCMP
Andrew Bruce City of Kelowna
Andrew Dique ESS
Anne Brown ESS
Barb Willis City of Kelowna
Barry Hing Communications Unit Radio Operator
Ben Proskiw Terasen Gas
Beryl Itani Emergency Social Services
Bill Cameron Communications Unit Radio Operator
Bill Crowther Communication
Bill McKinnon RCMP
Bill White OCIPEP
Blake Dixon BC Parks
Bob Shaughnessy City of Kelowna
Brain Moore
Brenda Dallaway Communications Unit Radio Operator
Brian MacKinnon District of Peachland
Brian McEwan District of Lake Country
Brian Moore Kelowna Fire Department
Bruce Smith RDCO
Camellia Haggerty City of Kelowna
Carl Bertholm Communications Unit Radio Operator
Carol Suhan RDCO
Cary Berger Victim Services
Charlene Covington City of Kelowna
Cindy Roth City of Kelowna
Dale Beaudry City of Kelowna
Darrel Graves RCMP
Darren Campbell, BC Forest Services Information Officer
Darron Campbell BC Forest Services Information Officer
Dave Cassels RCMP
Dave Thorpe City of Kelowna
David Holman PEP
David Shipclark City of Kelowna
Dean Handley Ministry of Transportation
Delores Euloth City of Kelowna
Don Harrison RCMP
Don Wilson Peachland Fire Rescue Service
Donna Nourse PEP
Doug Buchholz Office of Fire Commissioner
Drew Carmichael WLAP (Parks)
Eileen Davies
Eileen Davis Kelowna Fire Department
Elaine Shipclark City of Kelowna
Garry Lewendon BCAS
Gary Cook Terasen Gas
Gary Lea, Dr. Critical Incident Debriefing
Gary Leier RDCO
Gary Munro BCFS
Gene Vielvoye RCMP
Gene Whitehead Volunteer
Genelle Davidson City of Kelowna
Gerry Harris BCAS
Gerry Zimmerman Kelowna Fire Department
Gord Murrell City of Kelowna
Gordon Hawkey Communications Unit Radio Operator
Gordon Strachan ESS
Greg Baytalan Okanagan Similkameen Health Region
Heather Chen Communications Unit Radio Operator
Heather MacDonald RCMP
Heather Wipfli City of Kelowna
Hilary Hettinga RDCO
Ian McLaughlin Communications Unit Radio Operator
Ian McPherson ESS
Ian Pike Red Cross
Irene Wangler City of Kelowna
J.F. Landry ESS
Jackie Dueck City of Kelowna
James Hopkins WLAP (Parks)
Jason Johnson RDCO
Jeff Wiseman Ministry of Transportation
Jim Kipp PREOC
Jim LaMotte BC Forest Services
Jim Mottishaw Forest Protection
Jim Smith Communications Unit Radio Operator
Jo-Anne Ritchie City of Kelowna
Jody Drope City of Kelowna
John Dorward, Dr. Critical Incident Debriefing
John Jordan RCMP
John MacLeod RCMP
John McFarlane Communications Unit Radio Operator
John Vos City of Kelowna
Karen Cairns City of Kelowna
Kathie Eldon City of Kelowna
Kathleen Werstiuk Risk Management
Keith Grayston City of Kelowna
Keith Recsky Terasen Gas
Kelly Murphy BCAS
Ken Berg Communication
Ken Chilton District of Peachland
Ken Cooper Public Health
Ken Green RCMP
Ken Lozoway PEP
Ken Thompson   Volunteer
Ken Zimmerman Terasen Gas
Kerry Solmsky RCMP
Kevin Matuga BC Forest Services Information Officer
Kirk Hughes BC Forest Service
Lally Jackson BCAS
Lance Kayfish City of Kelowna
Larry Jackson BCAS
Lee Crowther Communications Unit Radio Operator
Leona Senez ESS
Lonnie Dawson Kelowna Regional Transit
Lori Flick City of Kelowna
Lowell Laidlaw Communication
Lyla Lindsay RDCO
M. Aldous, Dr. BCAS
Marjorie Steeves Campbell Red Cross
Mark Seemann PEP
Marlee Campbell Kelowna Fire Department
Mary Viszlai-Beale Ministry of Forests
Michael Lett Communications Unit Radio Operator
Michael Mercer District of Lake Country
Mike Docherty Kelowna Regional Transit
Mike Gibson SWS
Mike Morin Communications Unit Radio Operator
Mike Roberts RCMP
Mirko Slivar City of Kelowna
Neil Drachenberg District of Lake Country/City of Kelowna
Nick Treswich Lake Country Fire Department
Norm Barton Communications Unit Radio Operator
Norm Bickel BCAS
Norm Matheson BCAS
Pam Carter City of Kelowna
Pat Cantner City of Kelowna
Paul Crober OCIPEP
Paul Knowles Ministry of Forests
Paul Macklem City of Kelowna
Paul Tassie Terasen Gas
Paulette Schouten Communications Unit Radio Operator
Penny Venables KGH
Pierre Lemaitre RCMP
Randall Rose District of Lake Country
Randy Wilson RCMP
Rene Blanleil Kelowna Fire Department
Rennie Oliver City of Kelowna
Rick Misth BC Forest Services Information Officer
Rick Wild BCAS
Rob Entwistle City of Kelowna
Rob Johns ESS
Rob Mayne City of Kelowna
Rod Allin City of Kelowna
Rod Lins Communications Unit Radio Operator
Rod McIntyre City of Kelowna
Rod Salem PEP
Ron Born City of Kelowna
Ron Kehler City of Kelowna
Ron Mattiussi City of Kelowna
Ron Reiter City of Kelowna
Ron Schafer Terasen Gas
Ron Westlake City of Kelowna
Ronald Reiter
Scott Meadows RCMP
Shane Mills PEP
Shawn Wylie RCMP
Sid LeBeau Kelowna Fire Department
Signe Bagh City of Kelowna
Stan Combs  Ministry of Agriculture
Steve Kinsey Kelowna Fire Department
Steve Newton BC Forest Services
Tank Winters Communications Unit Radio Operator
Terry Robinson Communications Unit Radio Operator
Tim Teeple CWS
Tina Bouwman RDCO
Travis Mallow MAFF
Ursela Goffic City of Kelowna
Wayne d'Easum RDCO
Municipal Fire Departments who provided assistance or were involved
108 Mile House
109 Mile House
150 Mile House
Abbottsford
Armstrong 
BX Swan Lake
Calgary
Campbell River
Chemanus
Chilliwack
Coldstream
Comox
Courtney
Crofton
East Sooke
Edmonton
Edson, AB
Ellison
Enderby
Errington
Esquimalt
Fort McMurry
Kamloops
Joe Rich
Kelowna
Kelowna Volunteer Fire Dept.
Keremeos
Lady Smith
Lake Country
Langford
Lavington
Lions Bay
Lone Butte
Lower Nicola
Lumby
Madburn
Maple Ridge 
Merrit
New Westminister
North Cowichan
North Vancouver City
North Vancouver District
North Westside
OK Indian Band
Oyster River
Peachland
Pitt Meadows
Port Moody
Powell River 
Quintec
Revelstoke
Richmond
Saanich
Salt Spring Island
Sechelt
Sunshine Coast - Roberts Creek
Surrey
Trail
Vancouver 
Vernon
Victoria
View Royal
West Vancouver
Westside
White Rock
Wilson's Landing
Yellow Head County, Alberta
All Kelowna Fire Department personnel, including administrative staff at the main firehall on Enterprise Way
Baillie,John
Banyard,Dustin
Barth,Neil E.
Beagle,Bradley
Beese,Michael A.
Bjur,Larry B.
Blanleil,Rene M.
Bonkowski,Glenn
Bostock,Bruce
Brandel,Gary T.
Brandel,Steve
Britton,Terrance G.
Brownlee,Mike
Buchanan,Robbie S
Burns,Tannis L.
Calhoun,Dale
Campbell,Marlee
Chapman,E. Ian
Chasca,Danny G.
Chatham,Allan J
Clark,Jennifer
Clarke,Scott
Crane,Patrick F.
Cronquist,Scott
Daft,Gregory J.
Dais,Jarret B
Darchuk,Gord G.
Davies,Eileen L.
Emond,Russell J.
Enseleit,Calvin
Fenton,Lee
Golling,Ronald
Hall,Steven J.
Heyming,Harold
Hill,Mike A.
Hill,Timothy H.
Hollier,Lawrence
Hoy,Timothy J.
Jacobson,Kenneth W.
Johnston,Todd
Johnstone,Pamela D.
Kelly,John
Kiehlbauch,Shayne
Kinsey,Stephen J.
Klonteig,Kerry
Kolar,Joseph
Kranabetter,Mark
Lang,Corrie
Lebeau,Sidney
Leimert,David L
Light,Tim V.J.
Lipkovits,Allan
Loken,Dennis
McCarthy,David
Melnyk,Tracy
Miller,Dennis
Minchin,Brian D.
Mitchell,Edward A.
Moffat,Robert
Moody,Leonard T.
Moore,Brian R
Nanci,Enzo J.
Neid,Michael E
Orban,Chris
O'Reilly,Shawn W.
Paley,Glenn
Payer,Scott
Pekrul,Brian A.
Pfenning,Brad
Pfenning,Gary H.
Picklyk,Jason
Pinda,Ronald
Richard,Gerry P.
Roelofs,Henry T.
Roshinsky,Steven W.
Sakamoto,Blaine
Schleppe,Robert
Schraeder,Jeremy Blaine
Serres,Lawrence E.
Sharhon,John D.
Shaw,Doug
Simpson,Eric
Skeldon,Robert
Stantic,Peter
Stephens,Kelly
Stewart,Craig Thomas
Stoodley,Jason TJ
Stoutenburg,Douglas E.
Tough,Duncan S.
Twamley,Jason
Tutt, Brian
Volk,Micah L.
Wallick,Steve
Wereley,Ian
Weremy,Kevin
Wiberg,Kyle
Wilde,Louis F.
Wilson,William B.
Wudrich,Shawn
Young,Stacey
Zimmermann,Christopher
Zimmermann,Gerald B.
Zimmermann,Lorne
Zol,Diano
Airport Operations Specialists 
These individuals are also trained fire fighters.  They voluntarily fought on the frontline of the fire on their holidays or days off - not officially sent by the airport.
Brock Syrnyk (attended with Ellison FD)
Darrell Belgrove (attended with Ellison)
Derek Elliott
Gayanne Pacholzuk
Steve Smith
Trevor Bredin (attended with the Westside FD)
Sons of Thunder Wildland Fire Suppression Crew Members
Aaron Brouwer
Casey Brouwer
Ed Brouwer
Eric Cullen
Hiedi Wageman
Jeremy Wageman
Judi Brouwer
Michelle Barker
Mike Walroth
Yukon Ellsworth
Zia Frenci
Armed Forces Unit Participation
1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (Edmonton)
1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (Shilo Manitoba)
Lord Strathconas Horse (Royal Canadians)
1st Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
3rd Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
1 Combat Engineer Regiment
1 Field Ambulance
1 Service Battalion
1 Military Police Platoon
1 Area Support Group (Edmonton)
1 General Support Battalion
15 Military Police Company
Western Area Training Centre ( Wainwright)
Marine Pacific (Victoria)
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Algonquin
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Winnipeg
Canadian Forces Fleet School
Formation Augmentation Pacific
4 Wing (Cold Lake)
4 Airfield Engineering Squadron
441 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Wing Operations
1 Air Maintenance Squadron
410 Squadron
Wing Logistics Branch
Wing Administration Branch
42 Radar Squadron
192 Airfield Engineering Flight (Abbotsford, BC)
 
38 Canadian Brigade Group
10 Field Regiment (Regina/Yorkton)
116 Independent Field Battery (Kenora)
16 Medical Company (Regina/Saskatoon)
17 Medical Company (Winnipeg)
17 Service Battalion (Winnipeg)
26 Field Regiment (Brandon/Portage la Prairie)
38 Brigade Headquarters (Winnipeg)
Royal Regina Rifles (Regina)
18 Medical Company (Thunder Bay)
Queens Own Cameron Highlanders (Winnipeg)
18 Service Battalion (Thunder Bay)
Fort Garry Horse (Winnipeg)
Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (Thunder Bay)
North Saskatchewan Regiment (Saskatoon/Prince Albert)
Royal Winnipeg Rifles (Winnipeg)
Saskatchewan Dragoons (Moose Jaw/Swift Current)
39 Canadian Brigade Group
British Columbia Regiment (Vancouver)
British Columbia Dragoons (Kelowna/Vernon)
Canadian Scottish Regiment (Victoria)
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada (Vancouver)
Royal Westminister Regiment (New Westminster)
44 Field Engineer Squadron (Trail)
6 Field Engineer Squadron (Vancouver)
11 Field Ambulance (Victoria)
12 Field Ambulance (Vancouver)
11 Service Battalion (Victoria)
12 Service Battalion (Vancouver)
41 Canadian Brigade Group
Kings Own Calgary Regiment (Calgary)
South Alberta Light Horse (Edmonton/Medicine Hat)
41 Brigade Headquarters (Calgary)
20 Field Regiment (Edmonton/Red Deer)
18 Air Defence Regiment (Lethbridge)
Calgary Highlanders (Calgary)
Loyal Edmonton Regiment (Edmonton)
8 Field Engineer Regiment (Edmonton)
33 Field Engineer Squadron (Calgary)
15 Medical Company (Edmonton/Calgary)
14 Service Battalion (Calgary)
15 Service Battalion (Edmonton)
6 Intelligence Company (Edmomton)
73/74 Communications Regiment
744 Communications Squadron (Vancouver)
746 Communications Squadron (Calgary)
748 Communications Squadron (Nanaimo)
Fire Management Team # 1 ( B.C. Forest Service - Protection Branch )  
Brian Kempf - Incident Commander
Dr. Judi Beck - Fire Behavior Specialist 
Mel Dunleavey & Mike Dittaro - Operations Chiefs
Rose Pinchbeck - Finance & Admin. 
Roy Benson - Deputy Ops. Chief 
Steve Levitt - Plans Chief
Thor Larsen - Logistics Chief
Auxillary Constables
ALBRECHT, Jonathon
ALBRECHT, Terry (Westbank -Real Estate) 
BELLIA, Joe (OCC)
BENNETT, Shane
BOOTSMAN, Brian (Westbank) 
CHOY, Richard
CONLON, Steven COUTNEY, Kamel
CURRIE, Dan (Lake Country) 
DAWE, Chris 
DOBRANSKI, Kim
EMERSON, Dwayne
GIBSON, Dave
HAFICHUK, Archie (Lake Country) 
HAZELL, Darryl
HEBERT, Robert
HIGGOTT, Ross
HOUGHTON, Mike (Westbank - Air Canada) 
INGVARSSON, Len
JANSONS, Donna
JARDINE, Blair
KLASSEN, Michael (Westbank)
LARSEN, Bill
LLOYD, Sean 
MacDONNELL,Gordon
MacKAY, Matthew 
MacLEAN, Ian 
MALLO, Doug
PARR, Steve
PELAT, Jeffery
PLITT, Doris
RADI, Russ
SAUNDERS, Tania
SEWELL, Edward
TRYTTEN, Teresa
WAMSTEEKER, Tom (OCC)
WYNSOUW, Craig
Reception Centre Volunteers
Name  Dept
Atkins, Kyla                     Aquatics                                
Avender, Marilyn*                        Aquatics                                
Backmeyer, Don *         Management
Best, Andrew*                    Recreation Program Assistant 
Buhler, Claudia*                         Clerk
Campbell, Grant                  Co-ordinator
Collier, Roanne*                         Clerk
Daskis, Erwin    Maintenance
Degen, Jessa     Aquatics                                
Fagan, Steve     Co-ordinator
Forbes, Ron*     Management
Fraser, Sue* Clerk
Gabriel, Jim *   Management
Graham, David*   City Hall
HR- Charlene Covington City Hall
Huva, Al*                        Recreation Program Assistant 
IS - Ron Kehler City Hall
Isfan, Scott                     Recreation Program Assistant 
Jablonski, Lynn*                         Clerk
Jessica Dorn Contract Instructor
Kathy Sawchuk            Contract Instructor
Koch, Peggy*                     Clerk
LeBon, Natascha   Volunteer
Lisa Short Contract Instructor
Lori Takeda Contract Instructor
MacDonald, Darcey*                       Aquatics                                
Macdonnell, Gord                         Recreation Program Assistant 
Marks, Maureen*                  Clerk
Marshall, Judy*                  Clerk
Mason, Pam                       Co-ordinator
Miles, Jean *    Management