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A PowerPoint presented by Laurence Bowdige to the Private Forest Landowners Association annual forestry forum, June 21st, 2012.
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Wildfire Management BranchWildfire Management Branch
Meeting Future ChallengesMeeting Future Challenges
Objectives Objectives
• WMB Client Service Delivery 2007-11
• Climate Change and Wildfire Impacts
• WMB Strategy 2012-17
WMB Client Service DeliveryWMB Client Service Delivery
Geographic Area
Total # Client
Incidents
Preventable Non-Preventable (Lightning)
Coastal 614 596 18
Southeast 118 61 57
Total 732 657 75
Client Wildfire Responses 2007-11
Geographic Area
Costs to Service Clients
Preventable
Non-Preventable (Lightning)
Coastal $1,986,168 $1,871,205 $114,963
Southeast $2,119,691 $269,370 $1,850,321
Total $4,105,859 2,140,575 $1,965,284
Client Wildfire Cost Responses 2007-11
WMB Client Service DeliveryWMB Client Service Delivery
Agency Coastal Southeast Total
Province (Other Lands) 676 1840 2516
Client’s Land 614 118 732
Total 1290 1958 3248
% of Response to Client’s Lands
48% 6% 23%
Provincial Wildfire Response 2007-11
Climate Change and WildfireClimate Change and Wildfire
•The length of fire season is increasing•Annual fire numbers have increased by approximately 300 since 1999•Since 1999, area burned has increased by approximately 55,000 hectares•Many parts of BC are warming at a rate that is twice the global average•Wildfire behaviour is getting more severe•Wildfires are becoming larger
Wildfire Management Response IssuesWildfire Management Response Issues
Public Expansion of home construction in forested
areas Expansion of industrial development
Mining, backcountry recreation facilities, independent power projects
Resources Recruitment of highly skilled workforce Increased costs of firefighting Keeping pace with increasing workload
(capacity)
Wildfire Management Response IssuesWildfire Management Response Issues
Environment Smoke management and air quality Increase in forest fuel loading Decline in vegetative health Impacts of climate change
Provincial StrategyProvincial Strategy
WMB Strategic Plan 2012-17
Fuel ManagementPromote fuel management planning, treatments and hazard abatementPursue long-term sustainable funding for community protectionAssist local government and agencies with Community Wildfire Protection Plans
Provincial StrategyProvincial Strategy
WMB Strategic Plan 2012-17
Fire ManagementDevelop a landscape fire management
planning process and standardsSupport a coordinated prescribed burn
programSupport alternative use of fuel hazard
materials in biofibre production
Provincial StrategyProvincial Strategy
WMB Strategic Plan 2012-17
PartnershipsRevise and communicate the cost sharing
agreement frameworkPursue opportunities to work cooperatively or
in partnership with other clients, agencies or governments
QuestionsQuestions
