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FireSmart BC Education Program
The new FireSmart BC Education Program is an all-in-one teaching resource to introduce students to FireSmart concepts, including how to make homes and communities more resilient to wildfire.
FireSmart BC Education Program – Grades K-1
Below you’ll find the FireSmart BC Education Program lesson guides and lesson plans for kindergarten to Grade 1. The lesson guides are designed to help educators bring wildfire awareness and preparedness into the classroom in a flexible, accessible way. Each guide offers a modular approach, allowing lessons to be taught as stand-alone activities or as part of a broader learning sequence. They also include suggestions for adapting content to different learning environments, whether in traditional classrooms, outdoor spaces, or through land-based learning connections, so educators can tailor the lessons to best support their students and community context.
Lesson one: Which season are wildfires more likely to happen?
Theme: Mitigation and prevention
Lesson three: What should Ember and her friends do during their community clean-up day?
Theme: Mitigation and prevention
Lesson five: What does a FireSmart home look like?
Theme: Mitigation and prevention
FireSmart BC Education Program – Grades 2-3
Below you’ll find the FireSmart BC Education Program lesson guides and lesson plans for Grade 2 through 3. The lesson guides are designed to help educators bring wildfire awareness and preparedness into the classroom in a flexible, accessible way. Each guide offers a modular approach, allowing lessons to be taught as stand-alone activities or as part of a broader learning sequence. They also include suggestions for adapting content to different learning environments, whether in traditional classrooms, outdoor spaces, or through land-based learning connections, so educators can tailor the lessons to best support their students and community context.
Lesson One: What important lessons can we learn about fire from First Peoples?
Theme: Safety
Lesson two: How can we best use understanding of our local ecozone to make an area FireSmart?
Theme: Fire Science
Lesson three: What important ideas from fire science can we use to help us build a safe campfire?
Theme: Fire Science
Princeton FCNRP Feature
Princeton residents and Local FireSmart Coordinator Dave Stringfellow share their journey and insights on achieving recognition from the FireSmart Canada Neighbourhood Recognition Program.
HIZ Self Assessment
Use this Self-Assessment as a starting point to finding out how resilient your home and property is to wildland fire.
Be advised that this Self-Assessment is for informational purposes only and cannot be used to participate in any rebate programs. For more information on a professional assessment please contact your Local FireSmart Representative.
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FireSmart Begins At Home Guide (PDF)
This guide outlines how each homeowner can make their property and neighbourhood FireSmart.
Structure Protection and FireSmart Brochure
This brochure covers information about the BC Wildfire Service Structure Protection program and highlights FireSmart actions that residents can take to prepare their homes and properties ahead of a wildfire event, helping to bolster structure protection efforts during response.
FireSmart BC Landscaping Tips Brochure
From mulches, to plant selection to maintenance, this brochure walks through all the basics of FireSmart landscaping.
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day: Sunshine Valley
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day promotes communities around the province joining together with the goal of improving wildfire resiliency in their area. In this video, residents of Sunshine Valley united to reduce wildfire risks in their community despite the wet weather.
FireSmart BC Home Assessment Overview
This video shows a typical FireSmart Home Assessment and walks through practical advice to make your home and property more resilient to the risk of wildfire.
Community FireSmart and Resiliency Collaborative Guidance
If you are part of a First Nations or local government community and are interested in ensuring that your community is supporting effective FireSmart activities that will increase your community’s resiliency to wildfire, this document will assist you in forming a Community FireSmart and Resiliency Collaborative (CFRC).
Community FireSmart and Resiliency Collaborative Terms of Reference
This template is provided as an example of a Terms of Reference, please edit and adjust to suit your specific needs and goals.
