When Kane Blake, founder of the Okanagan Forest Task Force, isn’t busy cleaning up the backcountry he uses a night drone looking for unattended campfires. Blake has spotted and doused hundreds of fires. “My truck has big water tanks on it. When it gets dry and we’re doing cleanups, dragging cars and heavy things across rocks — I want our group to be safe — I don’t want to be the group that started a fire,” Blake said. He uses a drone with thermal imaging to spot fires and he’s even able to see people light up with the technology. …According to the BC Wildfire Service, anyone found in contravention of an open fire prohibition may be issued a violation ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of up to $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/or sentenced to one year in jail.