FireSmart

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“FireSmart is living with and managing for wildfire on our landscape.” – FireSmart Canada

Preparing for the threat of wildfire is a shared responsibility. As homes and communities continue to grow and expand further into forested areas, we become more exposed to the danger of wildfire. Residents, communities, industry and government, all have a shared responsibility to lessen the effects wildfire can have on us. FireSmart uses preventative measures to reduce the threat to homes and communities while balancing the benefits of wildfire on the landscape.

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FireSmart is a national program committed to helping Canadians reduce their wildfire risk and become fire adapted through community-based solutions. FireSmart is administered by Partners in Protection, a non-profit coalition, of which the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is a proud member.

For more information, on FireSmart please visit www.firesmartcanada.ca

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FireSmart at Home

Wildfires are a natural part of most ecosystems in Canada. However, an increasing number of homes are built in or on the boundary of these wildland areas – this is known as the wildland/urban interface. Homeowners building and living in the wildland/urban interface must take special precautions to protect their lives and property.

Resources for Home Owners:

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FireSmart for Communities

The FireSmart Canada Community Recognition Program is designed to encourage local, self-organized groups of neighbours to implement solutions for wildfire safety by engaging and supporting homeowners, community leaders and others in shared efforts to protect people and property from wildfire.

Resources for Communities:

Please visit FireSmart Communities: Newfoundland and Labrador for further information.

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National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

During Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, communities across Canada are encouraged to participate in local mitigation projects to help reduce the risk of wildfire damage to their homes and neighbourhoods.

Residents are encouraged to organize neighbours, friends or community groups for a chance to win a $500 project funding award to implement neighbourhood projects.

Community Project Ideas:

  • Host a FireSmart Community Champion Workshop for your community.
  • Organize your community’s first FireSmart Board meeting, or FireSmart Day.
  • Spend the day working with neighbours to perform individual FireSmart Wildfire Hazard Assessments on each of the homes in your community.
  • Clear leaves, pine needles and combustible debris from the roofs and gutters of the neighbourhood homes.
  • Sweep porches and decks, clearing them of leaves, needles and combustible debris.
  • Rake and dispose of debris under decks, porches, sheds and play structures.
  • Prune low-hanging tree branches up to a height of two metres.
  • Collect downed tree limbs and broken branches and take them to a disposal site.
  • Ensure all the address numbers of all neighbourhood homes are visible from the street.
  • Screen or box-in areas below patios and decks with wire screening, no larger than 3mm mesh.
  • Help an elderly neighbor do FireSmart work to their home.
  • Build or update 72-hour kits for each family in the neighbourhood.
  • Identify and remove highly flammable plants from within 10 metres of neighbourhood homes.
  • Distribute FireSmart information to neighbours.
  • Work with local emergency management authorities to develop and practice a neighbourhood evacuation plan.
  • Invite a horticulturist to review the FireSmart Guide to Landscaping with you and your neighbours and suggest which types of FireSmart plants might work best in your neighbourhood.

For more information on National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, visit www.firesmartcanada.ca .

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