City of Prince George revamping wildfire plan
PRINCE GEORGE — The unprecedented wildfire season this past summer has many municipalities looking at their Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
The province mandated those plans following the Kelowna fires of 2003 and the Fillman Report that followed.
But many of those plans, like the City of Prince George’s, have lapsed. The city held meetings as early as this week to look at revamping the plan.
“It’s mostly about our susceptability to wildfire risk,” explains Josh Kelly, the Suspervisor of Energy, Environment and Sustainability. “A lot of it has to do with mapping, where the high risk is in what they term out “area of interest.”