The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is feeding breakfast, lunch and dinner to about 75 firefighters currently battling the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire east of Oliver.
The Salvation Army’s Community Response Unit will be feeding some 75 firefighters three meals a day for the next week and a half.
Don Armstrong, Chilliwack Community Food Bank and EDS Coordinator says they arrived yesterday at the Area 27 Motorsports Park and this morning sent the firefighters off with a packed lunch after serving them breakfast. “The firefighters love it!” he says.
The Community Response Unit is a fully equipped kitchen trailer with stoves, grills, deep fryers, fridges and freezers.
Armstrong was in Osoyoos Saturday morning to stock up on supplies when Times-Chronicle caught up with him on Main Street.
“We just started yesterday and they’re saying until August 4 but we’re hoping not as long, we’re hoping they clean it all up before that time,” he said.
Armstrong has been doing this sort of work for 35 years with the Salvation Army EDS, which responds to disasters and other emergencies when requested by various government bodies.
Armstrong, who is a paid Salvation Army staff, works alongside a team of trained volunteers. Prior to arriving in the Okanagan, they were in 100 Mile House where they were feeding the evacuees from multiple fires raging in the area.
