June 29th - Join us - We have some good speakers on Wildfire Preparedness

From the Anarchist Mountain Fire Department - Gerry Moran

Gerry is  the Chair of the Anarchist Mtn FireSmart Committee, a firefighter with AMFD, and a Wildfire Mitigation Specialist.

Anarchist Mountain has 12 years of FireSmart experience. They were also affected by the 2021 Nk'Mip fire.

One of the next steps for Baldy is developing a "Community Wildfire Protection Plan". I am looking forward to learning what the Anarchist Mountain group has done in this regard.

Josh Kester is a Wildfire Mitigation Specialist with the RDKB

Josh is an experienced wildfire fighter, and Wildfire Mitigation Specialist. Twenty-seven of us had the free assessment provided by the RDKB last year. The assessment is comprehensive, and is a helpful document for prioritizing your activities as you make your property more resilient. Josh would like to book assessments on or around June 29th for travel efficiency.  wms3@rdkb.com

Ian Nagel, BCWS

Ian is from BCWS, Boundary

RDKB Area E

We acknowledge the support of Area E Director Sharen Gibbs, and she is planning to attend.

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It doesn't seem to matter which structure protection person you talk to, the message is the same. They will triage buildings, and work on the ones they have more of a chance of saving. If you have done nothing, chances are, they will bypass your place and work to save one that has done a bunch of mitigation work.

The other scenario that is being talked about more often since the Fort Mac fire - if your home is FireSmart, and your neighbour's is not - if your house catches fire from the neighbour's fire, your insurer may go after the neighbour's insurer.

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This is a good opportunity to learn, and to meet up with your neighbours to collaborate on over lapping ignition zones.

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If this isn't enough to convince you to show up - free coffee and muffins courtesy of FireSmart Canada, as well as a draw for FireSmart swag.