District of Clearwater announces proactive wildfire mitigation strategies

District of Clearwater announces proactive wildfire mitigation strategies

Clearwater is implementing creative new strategies ahead of wildfire season to protect the town's residents and infrastructure

Clearwater to launch municipal-led wildfire first response team

The District of Clearwater is taking the unique step in creating its own municipal run, frontline wildfire team. The town council has signed off on its creation, authorizing a series of fast-moving steps that are going to take place over the course of the next few weeks to turn it from a concept into a local wildfire Initial Attack team. “In 2022, the BCWS [BC Wildfire Service] announced it would no longer station IA [Initial Attack] teams in Cl…