Our local FireSmart Coordinator for the Fraser Valley Regional District has organized a wood chipping program for Hemlock Valley in an effort to help Hemlock Valley Homeowners make their properties safer from wildfires by clearing nearby vegetation and trimming tree branches. The plan is for a chip truck and chipper to drive the roads of […]
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Providing people living in wildfire prone areas with the knowledge and organizational means to reduce their vulnerability to wildfire.
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The Fraser Valley Regional District budgeted funds to complete independent FireSmart assessments on some individual communities in 2022. Its aim is to provide an effective management approach for preserving wildland living aesthetics within the FVRD while reducing community ignition potential and subsequent spread of fire during a wildland urban interface fire. In Area C, Hemlock
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Working with consultant BA Blackwell, the Fraser Valley Regional District will be conducting a FireSmart Neighbourhood Assessment for Hemlock Valley. Scheduled for spring 2022. A firm date will be announced to the community when this winter’s snow has largely melted. Neighbourhood Assessments are higher level evaluations that look at issues of concern in development areas
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The FVRD has posted the public hearing presentation from their Zoom meeting held on February 3, 2022. Lots of Hemlock Valley Homeowners were present and took part. As well, representatives from Sasquatch Mountain Resort were on hand to observe the live hearing. You can read all of the written submissions to the FVRD’s planning department
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