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Industry Group Proposes Fire Fighting Tool Practices

May 3, 2008

Following at six month consultation process the WSCA and key industry groups affected by high hazard forest activities defined by the B.C. Wildfire Act and Wildfire Regulation have presented guidelines intended to apply to vegetation management crews, silviculture operations and other industrial operations working with reduced road access, mobile operations and remote worksites.  Read more

Are Big Fires Inevitable?

August 28, 2007

The Mega-Fire Reality: Re-directing Protection Strategies in Fire-Prone EcoSystems To read this compelling speech by Jerry Williams please click on the PDF link below. Are Big Fires Inevitable.pdf  Read more

Forestry Work Can Reduce Wildfire Threat and Aid Fire Fighting

July 31, 2007

NELSON — Planting wildfire breaks, thinning forest fuels and executing prescribed burns can do as much to reduce the wildfire threat across British Columbia as fire suppression according to a provincial forestry industry association.  Read more