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City of Kamloops Updates its Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan: Residents Encouraged to Participate in Survey

15 October 2024

Like many parts of the province, Kamloops is in an active fire environment. In recent years, our community has been surrounded by record-breaking wildfires and has been a central hub for emergency response. With more severe fire seasons, wildfire resiliency, prevention, and mitigation have become essential priorities for our community.

The City of Kamloops is developing a Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan to address these challenges. This new plan represents the next generation of wildfire preparedness following the Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which was last updated in 2016. Significant work has been done since 1986 to protect our community, and this latest plan will build on those efforts by incorporating the newest strategies and insights.

Residents are invited to participate in a short survey to provide a baseline understanding of personal perceptions of wildfire threats, vulnerabilities, and potential actions to improve local resiliency. This is a key opportunity for the public to help shape the education and awareness actions built into the updated plan. The City will collect online survey feedback until midnight on Thursday, October 31, 2024. If you do not have access to a computer, paper surveys will be available at City Hall (7 Victoria Street West) or the Civic Operations Centre (955 Concordia Way). Completed forms will be accepted at either location until 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 31, 2024.

To participate in the survey, visit LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/CWRP.

Read the full news release.