CRESTON, B.C. - “Wildfire is the top risk for Kootenay town Creston, new assessment finds” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC News BC

#BCWildfire #Creston #Kootenays #Wildfires #WUI

KAMLOOPS: “Some residents of Kamloops, B.C.'s Juniper Ridge area are concerned that trees defoliated by a needle-eating moth larva could prove to be a fire hazard.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC News BC

#BCWildfire #Kamloops #Wildfires #WUI

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“The experience from the 2023 wildfire season revealed a significant gap in the coordinated response to #WUI incidents in communities across the #NWT":

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" #WUI is any area where combustible forest fuel is found adjacent to homes, farm structures or other outbuildings. This may occur at the interface, where development & forest fuel (vegetation) meet at a well-defined boundary,

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In BC, wildland firefighters are not trained or equipped to respond to structures, so they work with structural firefighters & specially trained contractors who are trained to protect & defend structures areas in the Wildland Urban Interface ( #WUI) & #Intermix -

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