FireSmart BC’s Agencies: First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of British Columbia
FireSmart BC is possible because of the collaboration of a number of agencies. Together, they form the BC FireSmart Committee (BCFSC) and work to better...
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New Year’s Resolution: Get FireSmart
The year has only just begun, but it’s never too early to start thinking about how you can protect your home and community from the...
Reigniting Cultural Burning Through Painting
Indigenous communities have been leading wildland fire mitigation and prevention in Canada since time immemorial. Through generational practices like cultural burning they’ve helped shape the...
The Lynn Orstad Award: Women in Wildfire Resiliency
Lynn Orstad was a community leader and a driving force for better wildfire risk management. She began her career in emergency management, continued working with...
The next step in FireSmart: the Home Partners Program
In British Columbia, wildfire preparedness never stops. It’s a shared responsibility that grows more important each year as climate change and other factors increase our...
FireSmart’s Back-to-School Resources for Kids
The back-to-school season can be a stressful period for parents. While summer holidays may be officially over, the first week of school is often a...
All it takes is a spark
Last year was one of the most devastating fire seasons our province has ever experienced. Drought conditions and a series of heat waves led to...
Learnings From the Lytton Fire Report
On June 30 of last year, in the middle of a heat wave that marked the hottest day ever recorded in Canada, the community of...
FireSmart BC is helping students get FireSmart
This article was originally posted on BC Hydro’s Power Smart for Schools blog. Every year, we see growing evidence of climate change all around us....
How British Columbia is preparing for potential wildfire this summer
A cooler, damper spring has alleviated early wildfire worries in the province, but officials are monitoring several drier regions closely. The BC Wildfire Service released...
What we talk about when we talk about the fire danger rating sign
Summer has come to be known as “Wildfire Season” in British Columbia. And if there’s one thing British Columbians associate with this time of year,...
“Shared Stewardship”, an approach to wildfire risk reduction
Successful forest stewardship brings together provincial, regional, and local governments and other partners to plan, prioritize, and act together to create healthy, resilient ecosystems. The...
Improve the wildfire resilience of construction, renovation, and landscape projects with user-friendly checklist
The heat, smoke and devastation associated with the 2021 wildfire season will be fresh in your clients’ minds as they make plans for home construction,...
FireSmart BC launches its 2022 spring campaign
TV and billboard ads drive a new message home: every homeowner has the ability and responsibility to control their wildfire risk Last year was one...
New FireSmart BC Landscaping Hub puts more wildfire resilience tools within easy online reach
Landscaping isn’t just about making your house a home or increasing its resale value: with a little forethought, it can also substantially reduce the risk...
What it takes to be a FireSmart Coordinator
Some jobs can make it difficult to feel a sense of purpose, but helping others to protect their properties against wildfire in British Columbia’s high-risk...
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