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NSC 2018 Winter Conference:Managing for resilience and mid-term timber supply on a dynamic landbaseFebruary 27-28, 2018
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NSC 2018 Wildfires : 2017 and Beyond
Dana Hicks and Rory Colwell, BCWS
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1. Summary of 2017 Wildfire Season2. FireSmart Disciplines3. Landscape fuel strategies and
thought processes in Forest Practises Treatments
Agenda
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Start – wet spring...
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...to a suddenly hot/dry summer
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Rapid Escalation (July 6-8)
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Drought Conditions
DMCMay 17th - 49July 19th - 339
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BC Daily Chronology
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Final Wildfire Perimeters
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Final Season Statistics
BC 2017 totals No. of fires (30 yr. avg.): 1344 (2047)
Area burned (30 yr. avg.): 1,215,945 ha (87,277 ha)
Total structures burned (prov.): 509Total homes lost (prov.): 229
• +50,000 hrs of helicopter flown• 7400 hours of tankers flown• 22 million liter of retardant• 50 million liters of water/ foam• Almost 3 million person hours
with no fatalities
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How Do We Prepared for the Next “2017”??
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MANDATE:We provide leadership and expertise in wildfire prevention, mitigation and response services.
Promote FireSmart disciplines as a shared responsibility Improve forest and community resilience in BC
EducationFuels
ManagementLegislation &
PlanningDevelopment
ConsiderationsInteragency Cooperation
Emergency Planning
Cross-Training
Raising awareness of wildfire risks and opportunities for prevention and mitigation.
Managing fuels on the landscape through effective treatments using best available science.
Effective development of policy and legislation to support forestry management practices , integrated land use planning and compliance and enforcement programs.
Best available science and technology to promote effective land use planning that supports infrastructure survivability.
Promote interagency collaboration to better support wildfire preparedness, prevention, response and recovery.
Participate and promote cross-training opportunities that support the delivery of the FireSmart program.
Participate and encourage emergency planning by combining local knowledge with expertise in wildfire management.
Wildfire Risk Modelling and Analysiscombining local knowledge with best available science and technology
GOAL:Minimise the negative impacts of wildfires on public safety, indigenous and non-indigenous communities, essential infrastructure, industry,
the economy and the environment.
FIRESMART DISCIPLINES
VISION: A sustainable, healthier and more resilient British Columbia.
BCWS Prevention Plan Overview
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“A sustainable, healthier and more resilient British Columbia”
Vision
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“We provide leadership and expertise in wildfire prevention,
mitigation and response services”
Mandate
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“Minimize the negative impacts of wildfires on public safety, indigenous and non-
indigenous communities, essential infrastructure, industry, the economy and
the environment”• Promote FireSmart disciplines as a shared
responsibility• Improve forest and community resilience in BC
Goal
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Education“Raising awareness of wildfire
risks and opportunities for prevention and mitigation”
FireSmart Disciplines
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Fuel Management“Managing fuels on the landscape through effective treatments using
best available science”.
FireSmart Disciplines
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Legislation & Planning“Effective development of policy
and legislation to support forestry management practices , integrated land use planning and compliance
and enforcement programs.”
FireSmart Disciplines
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Development Considerations“Best available science and
technology to promote effective land use planning that supports
infrastructure survivability.”
FireSmart Disciplines
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Interagency Cooperation“Promote interagency
collaboration to better support wildfire preparedness, prevention,
response and recovery.”
FireSmart Disciplines
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Emergency Planning“Participate and encourage
emergency planning by combining local knowledge with expertise in
wildfire management.”
FireSmart Disciplines
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Cross Training“Participate and promote cross-
training opportunities that support the delivery of the FireSmart
program.”
FireSmart Disciplines
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High Hazard Stand Types not Resilient to Catastrophic Wildfire
High Hazard ingrown Douglas-fir stands designated as OGMA and/or UWR
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Fuel Management
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Fuel Management Objectives
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• Are you addressing to the surface fuel loading?
• What are you doing to the vertical fuel arrangement?
• What are you doing to the horizontal fuel arrangement?
Thought Process on Forest Practises/ Fire Threat
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• All fire start as surface fires, once the intensity (flame height) builds to a point where the crown fuels are engaged you have a crown fire.
Critical Surface Fire Intensity
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Questions?