Wildfire Fire Risk Mitigation and Wildfire Status

With increased wildfire activity in recent years, it is important for all property owners to be aware of debris hazards and to apply FireSmart practices on their land. Wildfires can be a frightening emergency in any area where homes, farms, or ranches are at risk.

Both natural and human-caused fires are part of living among vast, mature boreal forests. Fires play a crucial role in large-scale forest renewal by clearing debris fuels, releasing valuable nutrients, opening the forest canopy to sunlight, and triggering the germination of certain pine cones that require fire's heat.

The Provincial Government through the BC Wildfire Service operates a sophisticated network of trained firefighters, airplanes, helicopters and equipment which is quickly deployed into new wildfire starts that could threaten structures and private land.