Congratulations Piers Islanders!  We have received FireSmart Community Recognition again for 2021.

For tips, links and ideas visit our own www.islandfiresafe.ca  or visit www.firesmartbc.ca 

Wildfire Home Protection Day is coming up August 6th, 2022.  Join us for portable pump refreshers, sprinkler protection demonstrations and donuts!  :)  Can't attend...click the link to our resource sheet for you.  Attend to enter to win a WASP Wildfire Home Protection Kit - $200 value

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There's lots you can do for to get your yard ready for winter.  Talk to the MMC if you need help with chipping and/or tractoring to the burn pile.  PIID charges with apply for chipper and tractor use.  Bring debris to the road,  contact MMC and for a reasonable tractor fee your forest waste can be dealt with.  Remember this is not for lot clearing, (huge scale) and it's all volunteer labour and you are expected to be there for your own property.

FireSmart trimming up and removing combustible firs within 1.5 to 10 metres of your home is the most effective thing you can do.  Check out these FireSmart Tips and Guides for more information and some colouring fun for the kids.  

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FireSmart Wildfire Preparedness Day - May 7th, 2022

We encourage everyone to find out more about FireSmart and visit FireSmartBC  

There is much to learn and much to be done to protect your own property and the forest around you.  Our focus this year was on that first 1.5 metres around your home and Zone 1, to 10 metres.  And had some fantastic prizes lined up for those who attend.  

We still have FireSmart Landscape BC Guides for you available at the Firehall.  Piers Island's Brent Schorr was one of the contributors for this guide.  

Please feel free to contact Steve Cruise or Pauline Olesen for a FireSmart assessment of your property, or download the app and you can do your own!  

FireSmart Info

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MORE FireSmart Ideas

Here’s a great link from Better Homes & Gardens – lovely ideas https://www.bhg.com/gardening/landscaping-projects/landscape-basics/fire-smart-landscaping/?slide=slide_a4b9daad-95bf-4dfe-9648-bc9c823f2688#slide_a4b9daad-95bf-4dfe-9648-bc9c823f2688
 
​And from North Shore News - 
https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/think-forest-fires-arent-a-risk-to-your-north-shore-home-be-firesmart-3126716
 
Russell Nursery is developing a FireSmart plant list of plants that they carry.  Look for that soon - March/April 2021