A GUIDEBOOK TO THE BCWS BURN PLAN TEMPLATE

The Burn Plan Guidebook is the first resource of its kind in British Columbia designed to help consultants, First Nations, municipalities, and land managers prepare credible, defensible, and burn-ready plans.

Written by a BCWS-certified Burn Boss, Wildland Fire Ecologist, and Registered Professional Forester, this guidebook distills the lessons from dozens of burn plans written and reviewed across BC into a practical, easy-to-use resource.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Proven messaging aligned with BCWS expectations

• Real examples from approved and successfully implemented burn plans

• Built-in reminders so critical details never go overlooked

• Professional insights to avoid costly mistakes or rejections

By combining step-by-step guidance, canned language, and real-world tools, this guidebook saves you time, money, and risk, while setting a new professional standard for prescribed fire planning in BC.

Your reference for every burn plan you write.

BURN COMPLEXITY RATING

This version keeps the complexity analysis to one page.

Step 1: Use this workseet to determine the burn complexity for your project by adding up the score for each element.

Step 2: Save your work and paste an image of the worksheet to the burn plan under the heading of your burn complexity analysis.

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