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Kamloops Residents Encouraged to “FireSmart” Their Homes to Reduce Interface Fire Risk

5 April 2023

April 5, 2023–Kamloops Fire Rescue and the City of Kamloops are encouraging residents to take steps to become FireSmart. Since 2008, the City has actively been working its Community Wildfire Protection Plan, a well-planned, sustainable prevention and preparedness program that identified and quantified the forestland wildfire threats that directly impact on the developed land within Kamloops. As the City continues its fuel management treatments, residents are encouraged to embrace and initiate FireSmart actions to reduce the risk of fire their homes, properties, and neighbourhoods.

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