FireSmart Community and Funding Supports Grants
Reports to Council
Kathleen Cahoon, the City’s FireSmart Liaison, provided Council with a report to accept two grants under the FireSmart Community Funding and Support from the Union of BC Municipalities’ Community Resiliency Investment program:
- a two-year, $400,000 grant ($200,000 per year) to expand the City’s FireSmart Program by increasing staffing, reviewing bylaws and policies, managing green spaces, increasing education, and expanding emergency preparedness and events
- a $75,000 grant to perform fuel mitigation work in previously untreated areas immediately adjacent to residential communities to reduce crown fires, candling, and spotting potential from embers while maintaining biodiversity, stand resiliency, and other forest values and making the areas safer for firefighting personnel
View the full report.
View the presentation within the Council meeting slide deck.
Contact for further information:
Kathleen Cahoon | [email protected]
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Key details
- Agenda section
- Reports to Council
- Council meeting
- 2026-05-26
- Matter lifecycle
- Other
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Council outcome
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Kathleen Cahoon, the City's FireSmart Liaison, provided Council with a report to accept two grants under the FireSmart Community Funding and Support from the Union of BC Municipalities’ Community Resiliency Investment program: a two-year, $400,000 grant ($200,000 per year) to expand the City’s FireSmart Program by increasing staffing, reviewing bylaws and policies, managing green spaces, increasing education, and expanding emergency preparedness and events a $75,000 grant to perform fuel mitigation work in previously untreated areas immediately adjacent to residential communities to reduce crown fires, candling, and spotting potential from embers…
Key amount(s): $400,000, $200,000, $75,000
In favour: firefighting personnel View the full report
Staff recommendation / action
That Council authorize: a) accepting a two-year, $400,000 grant ($200,000 per year) under the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports funding stream of the Community Resiliency Investment program to expand the City’s FireSmart Program b) accepting a $75,000 grant under the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports funding stream of the Community Resiliency Investment program to perform fuel mitigation work in previously untreated areas immediately adjacent to residential communities c) staff to provide overall grant management of the funds d) the Corporate Services Director to update the 2026–2030 Financial Plan accordingly
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