It's time to get FireSmart about wildfires in BC

Your community might not be ready to face this year's wildfires. We're here to help you be prepared.

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Disciplined in all the areas that count.

There are seven FireSmart disciplines that help us address the various aspects of wildfire threat. Determine which disciplines apply the most to you.

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Education

Take steps to raise your awareness and understanding of FireSmart and how it can protect your family and property.

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Vegetation Management

There are cost-neutral ways you can make your home and community more resilient to wildfire. Start with FireSmart landscaping.

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Emergency Planning

Make sure your community has a response strategy. Know your neighbourhood and community’s emergency plan and be prepared for an evacuation.

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Cross-training

Cross training between municipal and wildland fire departments is an important step to successfully suppressing wildfire in the interface.

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Interagency Cooperation

Creating a FireSmart community requires strong partnerships. Working together before a wildfire strikes is important to ensure a coordinated response.

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Legislation & Planning

Reviewing legislation can help you understand land use plans and how those plans can help us foresee problems. Adequate planning can lessen your communities risk of wildfire.

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Development Considerations

FireSmart development standards help manage the wildfire reality by reducing the flammability of structures. Assess how your structures relate to roadway access, water supply, utilities and forested areas.

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What is FireSmart BC all about?

FireSmart is a shared responsibility. It is about living in a fire-prone ecosystem and taking the necessary steps to protect your family, property, and community from wildfire. Over time, FireSmart principles have shown that they are effective at reducing the risk related to losses in the most extreme wildfire conditions. With a few simple steps you can contribute to increasing your property, neighbourhood and community resiliency to wildfire.

Useful Insights:

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Moving your firewood 10-30 meters away from your house is a free FireSmart activity!

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Hot Tip

Relocating propane tanks 10 meters from your house is a free FireSmart activity!

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In Vegetation Management

Preparing your property for wildfire doesn’t mean you have to remove all the trees. There are many vegetation management options that can make your home resistant to wildfire.

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In Education

There will undeniably be an increasing number of home losses when we consider present trends in climate change, expansion of the wildland urban interface and changes in forest fuels

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MYTH:  It won’t happen to me!

FACT:  No one can guarantee that it won’t happen to you.  If you prepare and nothing ever happens, then you have lost nothing.  If you do not prepare your family and home in order to best protect them from a wildfire, you may not live to regret it!

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In Cross-Training

Simulation exercises are often the best way to cross train between agencies and ensure everyone is prepared for wildfire eventualities in the wildland urban interface.

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