FireSmart BC Symposium

FireSmart BC Symposium
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Registration is now open for the inaugural FireSmart BC Symposium: Our Shared Responsibility.  Join in to learn about the future of FireSmart in BC and across the country, hear a live panel share FireSmart community success stories and much more.

The virtual symposium is on Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 from 8:30 am – 1:00 pm and this year’s theme is FireSmart BC: Our Shared Responsibility. We are committed to delivering a dynamic and engaging event that provides participants a wide variety of interesting FireSmart topics and guest speakers.  Topics include:

  • Climate Change and the wildland-urban interface
  • Prescribed Fire
  • Successful Rebate Programs
  • Wildland–urban Interface (WUI) Risks
  • FireSmart Community Success Stories
  • Community Wildfire Resiliency Committees, and much more!   

The symposium is open to all participants, but will be of special interest to local governments, First Nations, fire departments, Local FireSmart Representatives, FireSmart community champions, consultants working with communities on Community Resiliency Investment projects, BC Wildfire Service staff and any other interested parties. The cost to attend is $100 plus GST per participant and registration is now open. 

Visit FireSmart BC to see the agenda, view speaker bios and to register.