The FireSmart BC Plant tagging program is one of the integral ways of educating British Columbians. Using clearly marked tags on plants found at home and garden centres, the program instantly shows customers, right at the time of purchase, which plants are considered more fire-resilient.
The FireSmart Home Partners Program was designed to engage homeowners in voluntary wildfire mitigation activities by offering a professional home assessment with property-specific recommendations.
Whistler has experienced rapid growth in recent decades. This continued development and expansion has included taking proactive wildfire mitigation efforts and incorporating FireSmart principles in all new development.
There are 15 FireSmart Recognized Neighbourhoods in Whistler, BC. We take a look at how people are coming together to protect their homes and community there.
On August 13th Logan Lake was under an evacuation order as the town was threatened by the Tremont Creek wildfire. The collective and individual efforts made by Logan Lake to FireSmart their community helped save the town.
We teamed up with Art Knapp stores in Kamloops and Prince George; enlisting our favourite FireSmart messenger, Ember, to help get the word out about FireSmart landscaping.
This webinar was held in order to provide local governments, First Nations, Neighbourhood Champions, Fire Departments, Community FireSmart and Resiliency Committee members and Local FireSmart Representatives with the tools and know-how to create their own FireSmart communication channels and materials.
There’s a lot you can do before an evacuation is ordered to protect your home, farmland, or ranch from wildfire.