Rick Giles
@richard-j-giles.bsky.social
Location: Okanagan, BC, Canada. | Background: Former Firefighter - structural and wildland, Film Industry Survivor, Entrepreneur. | Interests: Climate Change, Wildfire, Emergency Management.
Note: Opinions are my own, informed by science and experience.
Note: Opinions are my own, informed by science and experience.
The Building Canada Act commits... lol, until it doesn't, and that's fine with the elbows up crowd.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The Building Canada Act commits... lol, until it doesn't, and that's fine with the elbows up crowd.
Hey look what I was given as a Birthday gift! While I’m not likely in the target audience, it’s great to see this resource circulating widely.
@amycardinal.bsky.social @firebobbc.bsky.social
Thanks to my friends at First Nations’ Emergency Services Society!
@amycardinal.bsky.social @firebobbc.bsky.social
Thanks to my friends at First Nations’ Emergency Services Society!
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hey look what I was given as a Birthday gift! While I’m not likely in the target audience, it’s great to see this resource circulating widely.
@amycardinal.bsky.social @firebobbc.bsky.social
Thanks to my friends at First Nations’ Emergency Services Society!
@amycardinal.bsky.social @firebobbc.bsky.social
Thanks to my friends at First Nations’ Emergency Services Society!
Fastest turnaround I’ve ever seen. 12 minutes after seeing this leave the airport, here it is hustling back to the runway in fading light.
September 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Fastest turnaround I’ve ever seen. 12 minutes after seeing this leave the airport, here it is hustling back to the runway in fading light.
Building in the wind….
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Building in the wind….
I see 1 air tanker and at least two helitankers working it now.
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I see 1 air tanker and at least two helitankers working it now.
The smallest Blue-tailed skink I have ever seen. #penticton
August 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The smallest Blue-tailed skink I have ever seen. #penticton
In the end an hour late, but worth the wait.
August 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
In the end an hour late, but worth the wait.
7:00 pm radar outlook. Still lots of strikes happening close to here.
August 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
7:00 pm radar outlook. Still lots of strikes happening close to here.
Things are clearing up with the passage of the cell. Last strike was a few minutes ago and 12+km away. I see something on the runway.
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Things are clearing up with the passage of the cell. Last strike was a few minutes ago and 12+km away. I see something on the runway.
Pretty active little cell for your viewing pleasure though. Lots of noise at the moment.
August 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Pretty active little cell for your viewing pleasure though. Lots of noise at the moment.
Looking doubtful for a 6:00 pm launch of the snowbirds in Penticton.
August 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Looking doubtful for a 6:00 pm launch of the snowbirds in Penticton.
Yep. Conair refit. Here’s the second in the group coming into Penticton for a reload.
July 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yep. Conair refit. Here’s the second in the group coming into Penticton for a reload.
RJ heading into Penticton for a reload
July 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
RJ heading into Penticton for a reload
Now that I have a minute and some processor power, let's rewind the tape and take a look from above.
July 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Now that I have a minute and some processor power, let's rewind the tape and take a look from above.
Just came up a few minutes ago.
June 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just came up a few minutes ago.
Don't know about the prescribed burn claim? There was a permit open, but it expired on the 30th of April.
Am I looking at the right area? Rekindle maybe?
Am I looking at the right area? Rekindle maybe?
May 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Don't know about the prescribed burn claim? There was a permit open, but it expired on the 30th of April.
Am I looking at the right area? Rekindle maybe?
Am I looking at the right area? Rekindle maybe?
Sometimes I wonder what Statler and Waldorf are talking about up there...
April 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sometimes I wonder what Statler and Waldorf are talking about up there...