Member with the Apex Fire Brigade Society. While Kelly is not undertaking his Apex fire service duties, or recreating in our amazing community, he spends his time working seasonally as a paid member of the Apex Mountain Resort Ski Patrol, year-round as a Paramedic with the BC Ambulance Service and running his fire management consulting firm.  Kelly has 30 years of experience in fire management, pre-hospital emergency care, and wilderness search and rescue. He has served in emergency response to senior program management roles within all levels of government, non-profit and private consulting organizations. As the president and principal owner of Wildland Professional Solutions, Inc, Kelly is an industry leader in supporting community fire resilience across North America through hazard, and risk evaluation and results-based solutions. Kelly remains continuously involved in leading the development of innovative and pivotal community fire safety programs, regulations, standards, policies, strategies, publications, and training curriculums at the local, provincial (Canada), state (U.S.) and federal levels, including current key projects with the Province of BC, the Province of Alberta, the Canadian Federal government, the state of California and the U.S. Federal Government. Kelly also serves as the FireSmart Canada Program Technical Advisor; as a director and Operations Manager with the U.S. non-profit Community Wildfire Planning Center; as an appointed member with the National Fire Protection Association Wildland and Rural Fire Protection Technical Committee; and an appointed member of the National Research Council of Canada Wildland-Urban Interface Technical Committee.  Kelly maintains his relevant qualifications as a Registered Professional Forester, Wildland Fire Behavior Specialist, Wildfire Ignition Specialist, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist Lead Trainer, NFPA 1001 Structural Firefighter 2, NFPA Fire Service Instructor 1, and BC Wildland Fire Management Instructor.

Committee. He currently performs a lead role in the following project management tasks: land acquisition, conceptual building plan, construction and project budgeting, cash flow analysis and scheduling.

Graeme possesses exceptional technical knowledge and skills.  His career began as an architectural draughtsman after graduating from BCIT’s Building Technology program in 1971. In 1993 Graeme obtained professional designation as an Applied Science Technologist (AScT) and in 1997 was inducted into the Building Designers Institute of British Columbia as a Registered Building Designer (RBD).  Graeme is also certified as a Gold Seal Project Manager through the Canadian Construction Association and is a member of the BC Association of Building Designers.

Graeme is currently, and has been, employed by Greyback Construction Ltd. for the last 17 years as a Senior Project Manager. In his 40-year involvement in Building Design and Construction he has completed dozens of successful projects with a total value in excess of 200 million dollars. A few recent local examples include: Lakeshore Towers in Penticton, Kal Tire Head Office in Vernon, and the Skaha Hills Residential Development in Penticton. Prior to joining the Greyback team Graeme was a construction business co-owner/partner in Penticton for 19 years.

At Greyback Graeme is highly regarded within his field. He plays a leading role in setting up projects and overseeing quality control. Throughout the building process he ensures that all building codes, engineering specifications, safety and health requirements are met. Graeme is conscientious and demonstrates a strong work ethic. His integrity and concern for fairness are admirable traits.

Having been in the industry for as long as he has and working in both design and construction fields Graeme has gained exceptional technical knowledge and has become an invaluable asset to any delivery team – especially as it relates to his skill in the pre-construction environment.

Graeme was born in Scotland and emigrated to Penticton in 1966 where he attended Pen Hi and was influenced by friends to join the Apex Volunteer Ski Patrol in 1968. He served as a CSPS member in many leadership roles for some 24 years before becoming the first professional ski patroller at Apex. He went on to serve a second term as Pro Patrol Leader in the early 80’s and subsequently onto Outside Operations Management for a term. At that time Apex ownership changed hands, so he decided to follow a career he had been trained for – the construction industry.

Graeme is a full time resident and property owner at Apex. He joined the AFBS in 2018 and found a desire to serve the community again through this volunteer service organization.  Graeme is dedicated to ensuring the Apex community is a safer one through a certified Fire Service.

John’s family was also one of the original investors in the resort. John has made Apex his home for 44 years, where right out of high school he ran snowcats on the mountain, this leading him to enrol and graduate from Selkirk College Ski Resort Operations and Management in 1981. John then returned to Apex to become Operations/Maintenance Manager. Opportunities arose, John became a red seal carpenter and began in the construction industry in 1985. John Davis Construction continues to build custom mountain homes at Apex Mountain Resort. Having young skiers in the family led John to be very involved with the Apex Ski Club, whether fundraising, working courses or acting as President for five years, John devoted himself to this club.
2010 brought the start of Diesel’s Snow Removal. Rewarding years came when John and his family built the legendary Saddleback Lodge in 1999. It was a deep personal loss when fire took the lodge in 2010, the largest fire loss in Apex’s history, but it was fortunate that the Brigade was able to keep the fire from spreading to surrounding structures. John has been a member of the Apex Fire Brigade since its’ inception in 2007 and has recently acted as President for a two year term. An accomplished skier and adventurer, John plans on spending the rest of his life at
Apex with his partner Lori, family and wonderful friends enjoying the community he loves.

He was formally the fire chief of the Blue River Volunteer Fire Department. Through his prior career as a Canadian Armed Forces Combat Engineer and his Firefighting background Gabe has obtained a wealth of knowledge and experience. His knowledge of fire service budgeting, grant writing, equipment acquisition, passion for teaching and helping his community has made him an excellent asset to the AFBS growth and transformation in recent years. Gabe has successfully worked with various levels of government in operating fire departments both from day to day operations up to provincial deployments.

at Apex Resort.  

Her most recent adventure at Apex Resort has been joining the AVFR as a volunteer firefighter. She felt the need to become more involved in the community here especially at the fast rate it is growing. She has found great pleasure watching and learning more about the community as it grows from both a business and volunteer perspective.

logistic experience with the entertainment industry.

Ed’s strong passion for Fire Smart made it the first community in the village to receive the Fire Smart plague in 2020!