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  • Making Friends With Fire

    UN GFMC/CBC

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  • A group of firefighters in red uniforms gathered near fire trucks in a mountainous area, with one truck's doors open.

    Prescribed burn successfully carried out on Ashcroft Band land

    The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal

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  • What Canada can learn from how First Nations prevent wildfire disasters

    First Nations in B.C. are in a race to protect themselves from wildfires, bringing back a tradition that had been banned for decades. CBC’s Brady Strachan was invited to the front line of a prescribed or cultural burn to learn more about how it’s done and why experts say other communities across Canada need to follow their example.

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  • Fighting fire with fire: How a B.C. Indigenous community is reintroducing traditional fire knowledge and practices to manage land vulnerable to wildfires

    Globe and Mail

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  • Forest fire with smoke, burning trees, and firefighter in protective gear.

    Fire on the landscape: ʔaq̓am prescribed burn puts traditional knowledge into practice

    Cranbrook Daily Townsman

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  • Group of people standing in an open field with mountains in the background, one person wearing a high-visibility jacket, another carrying filming equipment.

    River Valley Prescribed Fire

    Cultural Burning & Prescribed Fire

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  • A group of people standing near a helicopter on a snowy landscape with mountains in the background.

    Highway 8 Heli Lift After the Flood

    First Nations Emergency Services

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  • Controlled burn in a forested area with orange flames and smoke, firefighters in red uniforms managing the fire, tall trees, and a nearby road.

    Forest Crowne prescribed burn accomplishes objectives smoothly

    Kimberley Bulletin

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  • Firefighters conducting training exercise in a forest with visible smoke and small fires, surrounded by pine trees, grassy field, and a fire truck.

    Building a Prescribed Burn Culture in the Modern Era

    Forest Professionals British Columbia

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  • Logo of Forest Professionals British Columbia featuring a stylized green tree and blue arc

    Articles for BC Forest Professional magazine

    2013 “A SMART Approach to Prescribed Fire Planning”

    2022 “Fire Effects Monitoring- Did You Meet Your Prescribed Fire Objectives?”

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  • A group of people gathered around a truck for a briefing, with some wearing yellow uniforms and others in casual attire, outdoors with trees in the background.

    Kootenay ʔa·kinq̓uku TREX

    In September 2024, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) and ʔaq̓am, a Ktunaxa Nation band, co-hosted a prescribed fire training exchange (TREX) with support from the First Nations’ Emergency Services Society. This pilot project was the first-ever delivery of a TREX in B.C. and will serve as a model for future TREX offerings in other regions of the province. 

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  • A helicopter flying over a smokey forest, possibly during a wildfire, with trees and dry grass in the foreground.

    Building Resiliency Through Collaboration Learning From the Airport Pasture Prescribed Burn

    A unique case study on how the April 2023 Airport Pasture Prescribed Fire Project, led by the Ktunaxa Nation community of ʔaq'am, strengthened resilience against the July 2023 St. Mary's River Wildfire.

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