When you see through FireSmart eyes, wildfire risks become clear.
Clearing leaves and needles from roofs and gutters, keeping the area closest to your home free of combustible material, and managing vegetation can help reduce wildfire risk.
Embers can travel up to 10 kilometres during a wildfire. When residents take simple, consistent steps across a neighbourhood, the whole community is better protected.
Request a Free FireSmart™ Assessment
A FireSmart assessment can help you understand wildfire risks around your home and identify practical steps to reduce them.
Manage yard waste and landscaping
Reducing yard waste, choosing FireSmart landscaping, and disposing of invasive plants properly can help lower wildfire risk around your home and neighbourhood.
FireSmart Neighbourhood Programs
FireSmart neighbourhood programs help residents work together to reduce wildfire risk around homes, shared spaces, and neighbourhoods. The CVRD is focusing new neighbourhood FireSmart work on the B.C. Local FireSmart Collective Program. The FireSmart Canada Neighbourhood Recognition Program remains available and may still apply to established recognized neighbourhoods.
Local FireSmart Collective Program (LFCP)
The Local FireSmart Collective Program supports groups of residents and community organizations in B.C. who take collective action to reduce wildfire risk.
Learn about the Local FireSmart Collective Program
Neighbourhood Recognition Program (NRP)
The Neighbourhood Recognition Program is a national program that recognizes neighbourhoods that have taken steps to reduce wildfire risk.
Learn about the Neighbourhood Recognition Program
Local Recognized Neighbourhoods
Community Wildfire Resiliency
Comox Valley Emergency Management offers a Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program (NEPP) and Guide, providing important tools and guidance to ensure Comox Valley communities are prepared in case of an emergency.
Learn about the Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program
How FireSmart™ works in the Comox Valley
The FireSmart program in the Comox Valley is delivered in collaboration with K’ómoks First Nation, Town of Comox, City of Courtenay, Village of Cumberland, Comox Valley fire departments, and the Comox Valley Regional District.
Wildfires do not stop at local government or community boundaries. A regional approach helps communities work together to reduce wildfire risk before an emergency happens.
This work is supported through provincial Community Resiliency Investment grant funding. The Comox Valley Regional FireSmart Resilience Committee coordinates eligible initiatives such as public education, neighbourhood FireSmart activities, debris removal programs and regional wildfire resilience planning.
FireSmart, Intelli-feu, and other associated Marks are trademarks of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
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