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The 2023 wildfire season has been long and challenging. Between April 1 and October 31, 2,245 wildfires burned more than 2.84 million hectares of forest and land resulting in the most destructive wildfire season in British Columbia’s recorded history. “We started really early, snow melted three to four weeks early, we were experiencing very aggressive fire behaviour in early May and that has persisted right into the month of October,” Neal McLoughlin, Superintendent, BCWS Predictive Services. It

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If your home is threatened by a wildfire, you may have limited time to make it more defendable by firefighting crews. Closing your doors and windows on the way out could save your home. Structure protection specialist Joss offers three simple tips you can use before evacuating. If you may need to evacuate, check out the FireSmart BC evacuation checklist: https://firesmartbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FireSmartCanada-Evacuation-Checklist.pdf | BC Wildfire Service

British Columbia has been grateful to host 215 South African firefighters over the past two weeks. This morning, as they prepared to depart for days of rest, they gifted local crews and staff members with a moving ceremony of song and dance to uplift spirits. This team from Working on Fire have been deployed to support efforts on the Bush Creek East wildfire, in the Shuswap region, and the McDougall Creek wildfire, adjacent to West Kelowna. Following days of rest, they will head north to support

BC Wildfire Service crews and our many partners conduct fuel management projects to improve forest health. We regularly remove dry, dead grasses and shrubs making it easier for new, healthier vegetation to grow in. A huge benefit of fuel management projects is that they reduce wildfire risk. Similarly, you can reduce the wildfire risk around your home by doing your own fuel management, like keeping a short and well irrigated lawn. Long, dry grass ignites easily, and grass fires spread quickly, i