A B.C. Wildfire Services firefighter died on Thurs., July 13, responding to a wildfire in the Revelstoke area.

Devyn Gale, 19, was working with an initial attack crew clearing brush near a small wildfire, says a statement from the the RCMP. The crew lost contact with her, then discovered her, caught under a fallen tree.

The RCMP say the rest of the crew immediately did CPR, and that she was transported to the Queen Victoria Hospital in Revelstoke where she died.

The RCMP did not identify the woman by name. BC Wildfire Services put out a statement Sunday saying Gale was a third year firefighter with the Columbia Fire Zone in Revelstoke.

BC Wildfire Services said she was an outstanding firefighter, working to become a nurse. "She was bravery, grit, hard work, determination, leadership and selfnessness," said the statement from BC Wildfire.

The B.C. employees union released a statement, saying, "Our hearts go out to her family and community."

The Gale family is requesting people donate to the The Revelstoke Community Foundation in lieu of sending flowers.

Bruce Ralston, the minister of forests, said Friday morning in a statement that the ministry is here to support the close-knit B.C. Wildfire Service team. "Let us all do our part to prevent wildfires and think of these brave firefighters as they continue to battle what is becoming a very challenging wildfire season."

In an email, a spokesperson from the Southeast Fire Centre wrote to Stoke FM that their primary concern right now is the privacy of the individual's family.

Worksafe B.C. and the RCMP are investigating the incident, the spokesperson said.

There are currently four fires burning north of Revelstoke. One, in the Jordan River area, is burning out of control. The Southeast Fire Centre has only 12 fires burning, the lowest in any region in the province. In total Friday morning there were 363 fires burning in B.C.

Since mid-April over one million hectares of forest has burned in the province, mostly in the northeast corner and on Vancouver Island. Currently fires are the worst in the Nechako-Bulkley Fire Centre, in the Cariboo, in the Prince George Fire Centre, and on Vancouver Island.

Officials say resources are already stretched thin, and we're only entering the main summer fire season now. There are drought conditions across B.C., and meteorologists are forecasting this summer to be hotter than average.

There is a campfire ban across B.C. Officials advise to report wildfires by dialing *5555, to have a bag packed in case you need to evacuate quickly, to learn how to fire smart your property and to do it, and to be careful when doing activities like smoking or using dirt bikes, quads and chainsaws in the bush.

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