Fire chief lightens mood amidst Kelowna wildfire tragedy
As West Kelowna and much of the Central Okanagan continues to reel from the McDougall Creek wildfire there have already been many examples of tragedy and heroism. But like any TV show or movie, the drama has been broken up with a much-needed laugh.At Wednesday's daily briefing Brolund took the opportunity to break the ice and related to evacuees: "I'm still out of my house as is my family I'm feeling the same things you are. I'm running out of underwear too, folks.
"This is who your fire department is, we live here. I employ a group of incredible professionals who are problem solvers, who love to be at work, who come up with some of the funniest and most outrageous things and who never fail to surprise me every day," Brolund said. "This is just kind of who I am, the guys at the fire hall, they'll tell you, I probably would have cracked the underwear joke if it was just all of us," Brolund said, emphasizing though that he struggles with watching homes burn.
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