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FireSmart BC Education Program – Grades 4-6

Here you'll find FireSmart BC Education Program lesson plans for Grades 4 to Grade 6.

Lesson one: How can we best use understanding of our local ecozone to make an area FireSmart?

Theme: Fire Science
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Lesson two: What are the most important lessons about using fire to care for the land that we can learn from First Peoples?

Theme: Fire Science
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Lesson three: What helpful habits could improve wildfire safety and prevention?

Theme: Safety
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Lesson four: How related are climate change and wildfires?

Theme: Fire Science
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Lesson five: How can people in communities best share responsibility for wildfire safety?

Theme: Safety
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FireSmart BC Education Program – Grades 7-9

Here you'll find FireSmart BC Education Program lesson plans for Grades 7 to Grade 9.

Lesson one: How much have wildfires changed?

Theme: Mitigation and prevention
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Lesson two: What are the most important effects of prescribed fire on ecosystem health?

Theme: Ecosystem Stewardship
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Lesson three: What is the strongest evidence that the current climate crisis is a product of human actions?

Theme: Mitigation and prevention
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Lesson four: What important lessons about wildfire prevention and safety could be learned from Indigenous Peoples?

Theme: Ecosystem Stewardship
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Lesson five: What are the relationships between colonialism and wildfires?

Theme: Ecosystem Stewardship
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FireSmart BC Education Program – Grades 10-12

Here you'll find FireSmart BC Education Program lesson plans for Grades 10 to Grade 12.

Lesson one: What are the most significant impacts of climate change on wildfires?

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Lesson two: How can FireSmart landscaping be used to mitigate wildfires in your community?

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Lesson three: To what degree are wildfires helpful or harmful to the health of ecosystems?

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Lesson four: What could individuals do to personally mitigate the causes and impacts of wildfires?

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Lesson five: What could communities do to effectively mitigate the causes and impacts of wildfires?

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Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit: Sponsorship Opportunities

As the importance of being FireSmart continues to grow in the face of ongoing climate change, the Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit will provide your organization with unique sponsorship, exhibitor and networking opportunities to showcase how your products, services and expertise have a valuable role to play in keeping communities safe and building fire resiliency across British Columbia.

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One Island Lake Neighbourhood Feature

As a small community in northern BC, One Island Lake doesn’t have all the wildfire resources of larger cities and towns. So, as an at-risk rural area, being FireSmart has the potential to save the place they call home. Find out the steps they’re taking to get FireSmart before fire strikes.