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Community Wildfire Roundtables

New Community Wildfire Roundtables are working to support the implementation of the Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Williams Lake and Clearwater and their surrounding areas and to support wildfire protection work in Clinton and Lillooet and their surrounding areas.

Fuel management - before & after in Williams Lake

Example of fuel treatment in Williams Lake - before and after

About the Roundtables

The Williams Lake & Area Community Wildfire Roundtable, the Clearwater & Area Community Wildfire Roundtable, Lillooet and Area Wildfire Preparedness Roundtable and the Clinton & Area Community Wildfire Roundtable will enhance wildfire protection for BC Interior communities by supporting good coordination and communication among the organizations responsible for different aspects of wildfire preparedness and risk reduction.

In their work, members of these Roundtables will review and discuss progress on wildfire management activities, including:

FireSmart education
Timber harvesting
Fuel management
Resources and capacity – including involvement of volunteer fire departments, ranchers and the agriculture sector
First Nations traditional burning.

The Roundtables are important in implementation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) also. As set out by the BC Wildfire Service, a Community Wildfire Protection Plan serves to:

Identify the wildfire risks within and surrounding a community
Describe the potential consequences if a wildfire was to impact the community
Define the threat to human life, property and critical infrastructure from wildfires in an identified area
Identify measures necessary to mitigate threats
Outline a plan of action to implement measures.