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List of grants provided in Kamloops Fire Centre

Recipients of Community Resiliency Investment grants in the Kamloops Fire Centre include:

  • Regional District of Central Okanagan: $30,000 to assist with planning.
  • Regional District of North Okanagan: $100,000 to assist with education and fuel and vegetation management.
  • District of Logan Lake: $152,712 to assist with fuel and vegetation management.
  • City of Vernon: $58,200 to assist with fuel and vegetation management.
  • City of West Kelowna: $100,000 to assist with fuel and vegetation management.
  • District of Sicamous: $99,540 to assist with education, planning and fuel and vegetation management.
  • Lower Similkameen Indian Band: $100,000 to assist with planning, fuel and vegetation management, and FireSmart activities for private land.
  • Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band: $98,000 to assist with education, planning, emergency planning, cross-training and fuel and vegetation management.
  • Adams Lake Indian Band: $20,820 to assist with fuel and vegetation management.
  • Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band: $199,927 to assist with education, planning and fuel and vegetation management.
  • Simpcw First Nation: $100,000 to assist with education and fuel and vegetation management.