Learn more about getting prepared for emergencies, ways to FireSmart your home and register for emergency notifications in your community.
Most emergencies are handled by police, fire departments and paramedics, but in large scale events like floods and wildfires, the Regional District helps ensure electoral area residents are prepared, safe and informed. This includes issuing evacuation alerts and evacuation orders.
Emergency plans
The Regional District's Emergency Management Plan [PDF/452KB] provides more information about the Regional District's role and responsibilities in managing emergencies in the region.
Community wildfire resiliency plans
Community wildfire resiliency plans help communities get ready for wildfires and guide the Regional District's wildfire resiliency efforts. The plans are based FireSmart principles and provide practical steps to reduce wildfire risk, protect homes and lives, and improve how communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildfires.
Each plan is tailored to an electoral area's location, needs and priorities:
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral A (Salmon River-Lakes) [PDF/7.4MB]
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral C (Chilako River-Nechako) [PDF/7.3MB]
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral D (Tabor Lake-Stone Creek) [PDF/6.4MB]
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral E (Woodpecker-Hixon) [PDF/5.7MB]
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral F (Willow River-Upper Fraser Valley) [PDF/10MB]
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral G (Crooked River-Parsnip) [PDF/9.5MB]
- Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan for Electoral H (Robson Valley-Canoe) [PDF/9.1MB]