{"id":1653,"date":"2023-06-06T23:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T23:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/?page_id=1653"},"modified":"2023-12-18T19:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:29:56","slug":"firesmart-practices-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/hrm-forest-fire\/firesmart-practices-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FireSmart &#038; Related Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1671\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN-300x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN-1024x796.png 1024w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN-1536x1195.png 1536w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Home-Ignition-Zone-SCREEN-2048x1593.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/\">FireSmart Canada<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;The goals for FireSmart Canada are twofold: to improve communication with stakeholders; and to organize programs and assets into a logical, manageable structure based on three pillars \u2013 homeowners, neighbourhoods and communities.&#8221;<br \/>\nView <a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/about-firesmart\/history\/\">History<\/a> (the text is also posted <a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/triad-news\/hrm-forest-fire\/firesmart-practices-2\/history-of-firesmart-canada\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFireSmart is a registered trademark of Partners in Protection Association\u201d (From <a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/legal-trademarks\/\">https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/legal-trademarks\/<\/a>)*<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>From <a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/about-firesmart\/\">About Fire Smart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FireSmart\u2122 Canada is a national program that helps Canadians increase neighborhood resilience to wildfire and minimize its negative impacts. It was founded over 20 years ago to address common concerns about wildfire in the wildland urban interface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Everyone can be FireSmart<\/strong><br \/>\nWith a changing climate, the threat of wildfire has increased significantly for everyone, include those living outside of the wildland urban interface. We all have a part to play when it comes to preventing wildfire and reducing risk. FireSmart Canada has developed practical, effective, and science-based programs that provide you with tools to be better prepared when wildfire occurs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How can you get started?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firesmartcanada.ca\/#beginsathome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FireSmart Begins at Home app<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/programs\/firesmart-101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FireSmart 101<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/programs\/advanced-home-assessment-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Home Assessment Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/programs\/wildfire-community-preparedness-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Community Preparedness Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/programs\/neighbourhood-recognition-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neighborhood Recognition Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firesmartcanada.ca\/programs\/firesmart-home-partners-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Partners Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;It all starts with where you live. Research has shown that homes and their surrounding areas are particularly vulnerable to wildfire, which is why FireSmart principles focus on specific actions residents can implement in those areas, also known as the Home Ignition Zone.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IntactCentre_Wildfire-Ready_2023.pdf\"><strong>Wildfire-Ready: Practical Guidance to Strengthen the Resilience of Canadian Homes and Communities<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Cheryl Evans, Dr. Anabela Bonada and Dr. Blair Feltmate of University of Waterloo\u2019s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, released Dec 18, 2023. View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca\/wildfire-ready-practical-guidance-to-strengthen-the-resilience-of-canadian-homes-and-communities\/\">Press Release<\/a>. &#8220;The report presents a user-friendly synthesis of best practice guidance developed primarily by the National Research Council of Canada, and FireSmartTM Canada, a national program operated by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre that has been helping communities improve wildfire resilience for 30 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1693\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/forestprotection\/wildfire\/firecentre\/fire-smart.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1693\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-07-at-10.56.34-AM-300x181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-07-at-10.56.34-AM-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-07-at-10.56.34-AM.png 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From NS FireSmart<\/p><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/forestprotection\/wildfire\/firecentre\/fire-smart.asp\"><strong>Is Your Home Fire Smart?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPage on Nova Scotia Natural resources website\/ &#8220;Just 10 m of defensible space may save your Home!<br \/>\n(Defensible space is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure)&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu\/pnw618\"><strong>Reducing Fire Risk on Your Forest Property<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy Max Bennett et al.. 2010. A Pacific Northwest Extension Publication, Oregon State University \u2022 University of Idaho \u2022 Washington State University PNW 618 \u2022 October 2010. Comprehensive.<br \/>\nContents:<br \/>\nChapter 1: Fire behavior risks<br \/>\nChapters 2 and 3: Principles of fire-resistant forests and Fuel reduction methods<br \/>\nChapter 4: Firebreaks and shaded fuelbreaks<br \/>\nChapter 5: Roads and access considerations<br \/>\nChapter 6: Water sources<br \/>\nChapter 7: Case history: The Epstein property<br \/>\nChapters 8 and 9: Integrating fuel reduction with other objectives and Adding fire management to your stewardship plan<br \/>\nChapter 10: Working with your neighbors<br \/>\nAppendix A: Laws<br \/>\nAppendix B: Effects of topography, weather, and fuel<br \/>\nAppendix C: Additional case studies<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00267-013-0159-9\">Modeling fire susceptibility to delineate wildland-urban interface for municipal-scale risk management<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWhitman, E., Rapaport, E., and Sherren, K. 2013. Environ Manag 53:1427\u20131439.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10222\/35447\"><strong>Current and future wildfire risk in the peri-urban acadian Forest region<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\nWhitman, E. 2013. Master of Environmental Studies thesis, Dalhousie University.<br \/>\nEllen Whitman and colleagues applied a spatially oriented fire modeling approach to examine \u201cFuture Wildfire Risk in the HRM Wildland-Urban Interface Under Climate Change\u201d and \u201cUrban Forests And Hazard Management: Trade-Offs Between Wildfire Risk And Benefits From Trees In The HRM Wildland-Urban Interface\u201d Spryfield and Beaver Bank were used as case study areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/e0c0d198a6ac4556ae1f6562dce8d5ec\"><strong>Exploring the Widlland-Urban Interface in Halifax NS: Mapping the fire risk in the Eastern Chebucto Peninsula Backlands<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nESRI Story Map by Sascha Mosky 2021. As a Master of Planning student at Dalhousie University, Sascha examined fire risk in the Eastern Chebucto Peninsula Backlands. Using civic address point data, Sasha created a 4-kilometer buffer around all homes in the backlands. Then, using Ecological Land Classification data, Sasha classified the various ecosystem types found within the backlands according to their relative fire risk. The findings, which showcase the fire risk for homes across the backlands, are displayed in an ESRI Story Map. prepared for Dalhousie University\u2019s Forest Ecology course (taught by Dr. Alana Westwood).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fesbc.ca\/a-first-nations-band-works-to-reduce-wildfire-risk-to-the-community\/\"><strong>Osoyoos Indian Band Works to Reduce Wildfire Risk to the Community<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nForest Enhancement Society of BC, Oct 11, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oregoncapitalchronicle.com\/2023\/10\/30\/new-rules-to-protect-homes-from-wildfire-ignite-controversy\/\"><strong>New rules to protect homes from wildfire ignite controversy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy Laurel Demkovich for Oregon Capital Chronicle, October 30, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FireSmart Canada &#8220;The goals for FireSmart Canada are twofold: to improve communication with stakeholders; and to organize programs and assets into a logical, manageable structure based on three pillars \u2013 homeowners, neighbourhoods and communities.&#8221; View History (the text is also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/hrm-forest-fire\/firesmart-practices-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1535,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1653","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653\/revisions\/3150"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}