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FireSmart Community Funding and Supports grants in Coastal Fire Centre (2021)

The B.C. government has provided another $15,057,520 in grants to 118 Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities throughout British Columbia, through the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports category of the Community Resiliency Investment program.

The approved applications within the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction are listed below:

Coastal Fire Centre ($4,339,915 for 42 grants):

  • Bowen Island Municipality: $50,000 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, FireSmart for residential areas
  • City of Campbell River: $50,000 to assist with education
  • Capital Regional District: $134,039 to assist with education, planning, development, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross training
  • Comox Valley Regional District: $99,260 to assist with education, emergency planning, cross training, FireSmart for residential areas
  • City of Coquitlam: $50,000 to assist with education, planning
  • Cowichan Valley Regional District: $272,444 to assist with education, planning, emergency planning, fuel management
  • City of Delta: $77,055 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training, fuel management
  • Ditidaht First Nation: $38,721 to assist with education, planning, cross-training
  • Douglas First Nation: $25,000 to assist with education, planning
  • Fraser Valley Regional District: $353,810 to assist with education, planning, development, inter-agency co-operation, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Village of Gold River: $48,160 to assist with education, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Homalco First Nation: $30,490 to assist with education, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Klahoose First Nation: $27,000 to assist with education, emergency planning, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Kwakiutl First Nation: $10,280 to assist with education
  • Town of Lake Cowichan: $130,160 to assist with education, planning, development, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training, FireSmart demo projects, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Village of Lions Bay: $27,500 to assist with education, FireSmart demo projects
  • District of Metchosin: $280,400 to assist with education, planning, development, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas
  • District of Mission: $139,830 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, FireSmart demo projects, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • City of Nanaimo: $49,380 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Regional District of Nanaimo: $384,960 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation, fuel management
  • Municipality of North Cowichan: $110,345 to assist with education, planning, development, fuel management
  • City of North Vancouver: $50,000 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas
  • District of North Vancouver: $150,000 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training
  • N'Quatqua First Nation: $36,758 to assist with education, planning, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Nuchatlaht First Nation: $29,442 to assist with education, planning, development, emergency planning, FireSmart for residential areas
  • City of Pitt Meadows: $49,995 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training
  • City of Port Moody: $149,946 to assist with education, planning, development, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training, FireSmart demo projects, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • qathet Regional District: $68,300 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Samahquam First Nation: $150,000 to assist with education, fuel management
  • Village of Sayward: $44,100 to assist with education, development, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • District of Squamish: $139,024 to assist with education, emergency planning, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Squamish-Lillooet Regional District: $258,933 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation, FireSmart demo projects, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Strathcona Regional District: $203,803 to assist with education, planning, emergency planning, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Stz'uminus First Nation: $46,587 to assist with education, development, inter-agency co-operation, cross-training
  • Village of Tahsis: $34,500 to assist with education, FireSmart for residential areas
  • Tsawwassen First Nation: $25,104 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation
  • Ts'uu-baa-asatx: $78,869 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, emergency planning, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Uchucklesaht Tribe Government: $67,655 to assist with education, planning, inter-agency co-operation, FireSmart for residential areas
  • We Wai Kai First Nation: $29,000 to assist with education, planning, FireSmart for residential areas
  • District of West Vancouver: $139,060 to assist with education, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Resort Municipality of Whistler: $150,000 to assist with education, inter-agency co-operation, cross-training, FireSmart for residential areas, fuel management
  • Village of Zeballos: $50,000 to assist with education, development, FireSmart for residential areas