FireSmart Home Owners Manual - Wildfire Management Branch
FireSmart Home Owners Manual - Wildfire Management Branch FireSmart Home Owners Manual - Wildfire Management Branch
12Emergency Phone NumbersFind and copy down the emergency numbers for your area and keep them ina visible area close to your telephone.Fire Department: ___________________________Police: ___________________________British Columbia Forest ServiceLocal Fire Centre: ___________________________To report a forest fire call:1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on your cell phoneProperty Identification:Section ______ Township______ Range ______ Other ___________________OrLot ______ Blk ______ Plan______ Other ______________________________OrStreet Address _____________________________________________________For more information about protecting your home and community fromwildfire, order a detailed copy of “FireSmart – Protecting Your Communityfrom Wildfire”. Copies available from Partners in Protection, phone (780) 435-7283 or http://www.partnersinprotection.ab.ca/downloads/index.shtml or fromthe British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Forest Protection Branch office.For more information on fire prevention, detection and suppressionand burning or travel restrictions, contact our website:http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/protect/Wildfire Information Line:1-888-3FOREST or 1-888-336-7378
For more information on the B.C. Forest Service Protection Program,contact the office nearest you:B.C. Forest Service, Protection Branch Kamloops Fire Centre2957 Jutland Road, 2 nd floor 4000 Airport RoadP.O. Box 9502, Stn Prov GovtKamloops, B.C. V2B 7X2Victoria, B.C. V9W 9C1 (250) 554-5500Coastal Fire CentreSoutheast Fire Centre665 Allsbrook Road 208 Hughes RoadParksville, B.C. V9P 2T3Castlegar, B.C. V1N 4M5(250) 951-4222 (250) 365-4040Northwest Fire CentreCariboo Fire CentreBag 5000 Airport Road3020 Airport RoadSmithers, B.C. V0G 2N0Williams Lake, B.C. V2G 5M1(250) 847-6600 (250) 989-2600Prince George Fire Centre1011 4 th AvenuePrince George, B.C. V2L 3H9(250) 565-6124BE FIRE SMART!Back cover photo: Steve Grimaldi, BC Forest Service
- Page 3 and 4: 1The Rural RealityWildland forest f
- Page 5: 3How FireSmart is your “Second Pr
- Page 8 and 9: 6Don’t Be the Cause of a Wildfire
- Page 10 and 11: 8Do Your Own Home andSite Hazard As
- Page 12 and 13: 10Home & Site Hazard AssessmentImpo
- Page 16: To reporta forestfire call:1-800-66
12Emergency Phone NumbersFind and copy down the emergency numbers for your area and keep them ina visible area close to your telephone.Fire Department: ___________________________Police: ___________________________British Columbia Forest ServiceLocal Fire Centre: ___________________________To report a forest fire call:1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on your cell phoneProperty Identification:Section ______ Township______ Range ______ Other ___________________OrLot ______ Blk ______ Plan______ Other ______________________________OrStreet Address _____________________________________________________For more information about protecting your home and community fromwildfire, order a detailed copy of “<strong>FireSmart</strong> – Protecting Your Communityfrom <strong>Wildfire</strong>”. Copies available from Partners in Protection, phone (780) 435-7283 or http://www.partnersinprotection.ab.ca/downloads/index.shtml or fromthe British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Forest Protection <strong>Branch</strong> office.For more information on fire prevention, detection and suppressionand burning or travel restrictions, contact our website:http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/protect/<strong>Wildfire</strong> Information Line:1-888-3FOREST or 1-888-336-7378
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