FireSmart Canada

Did you capture your hard work during your event? Don’t let these photos sit in your camera roll, they could win a prize! 📷

Tag us in your Prep Day pictures for a chance to win:
- A $500 gift card to a home improvement retail store of your choice in your community
- Swag items from FireSmart Canada and Co-operators
- A guaranteed award for participation in Wildfire Community Preparedness Day 2027

Contest details: https://ow.ly/WSRX50ZeBpY

Thank you to the Co-operators and our other contributors for their considerable and ongoing partnership, which helps make these events possible!

🔥 that most homes that are damaged or destroyed by wildland fire are not impacted by the advancing wall of flame, but by ignition from flying sparks and embers?

This fire season, take simple steps that reduce the risk to your home.

For millennia, Indigenous Peoples have used cultural burning to care for the land. This practice is deeply rooted in tradition, ceremony, and ecological harmony. 🔥

“Reigniting Cultural Burning with the Blood Tribe Fire Guardians” is a powerful story about the revitalization of cultural burning and the important role Indigenous knowledge continues to play in wildfire resilience.

Watch the video and learn how cultural fire stewardship is helping reconnect people, communities and landscapes.

➡️ https://ow.ly/vxeu50ZbY3k

This National Indigenous History Month, we invite you to listen, learn and reflect through ‘Welcome to Carrying the Fire: Indigenous Women Restoring the Land’. 🎙️

This special three-part episode is featured on the ‘Get FireSmart’ podcast and is about Indigenous women and their efforts to restore good fire to both the land and community.

➡️ https://ow.ly/KgQv50Zb6CM

that there is a free self-assessment available that can help you identify and understand the wildland fire risks in your area and how to address them? 📱

Download the Begins at Home app here:
Google Play: https://ow.ly/rgAZ50Z9Yrf
App Store: https://ow.ly/ERoy50Z9Yrg

🚨 Now Hiring: Director of Prevention and Mitigation (Remote – Canada) 🚨

Are you a strategic leader passionate about wildfire resilience, risk reduction, and building strong partnerships? CIFFC is looking for a Director of Prevention and Mitigation to lead the FireSmart Canada program and advance wildfire prevention and mitigation initiatives across the country. This is a term-based opportunity (maternity leave backfill).

The successful applicant will be an experienced leader with a background in risk management, emergency management, business administration, or a related field, along with a proven track record in stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, and team leadership.

In this senior leadership role, you will:
- Lead CIFFC’s Prevention and Mitigation Division
- Drive implementation of national wildfire prevention strategies
- Build and strengthen partnerships with government, Indigenous organizations, and key stakeholders
- Oversee program development, budgets, and a team of passionate employees
- Advance innovative approaches to wildfire risk reduction and community resilience

📍 Location: Remote (Open to candidates across Canada)
✈️ Travel: Required
📅 Term Position: August 2026 to March 2028

📄 If you're ready to make a national impact on wildfire resilience and community safety, apply today!

Note: Please combine your cover letter and resume into a single PDF before submitting your application through this link: https://ow.ly/ibRk50Za5UA

We couldn't be more excited to have Nunavut join CIFFC as a member agency! CIFFC now has representation from all three territories and ten provinces in Canada. 🥳

🔥 Together we are stronger and more resilient in the face of wildland fire.

The Government of Nunavut is officially a member of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).

This strengthens Nunavut’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildland fires by connecting the territory to a national network of wildfire agencies across Canada.

Through this partnership, Nunavut will have access to mutual aid, resource sharing, training and wildfire prevention programs like FireSmartTM Canada.

As environmental conditions continue to change, this is an important step toward strengthening emergency management and helping keep Nunavummiut safe.

🔗Read more: www.gov.nu.ca/en/newsroom/government-nunavut-and-canadian-interagency-forest-fire-centre-formalize-wildfire

CIFFC

This World Environment Day, let’s help the landscapes we love become wildland fire resilient. 🌎

Being FireSmart isn’t just about home safety, it’s also about environmental stewardship.

Wildland fires are a natural part of many landscapes. By reducing the risk of extreme fire behaviour through FireSmart actions, we help protect local biodiversity, preserve air quality and keep our forests resilient.

Your yard is your first line of defense against wildland fires. 🍃

? A mowed lawn is a fire-resistant lawn. Grasses shorter than 10 centimetres in height are less likely to burn intensely and may slow the spread of fire.

Download our fact sheet today: https://ow.ly/Hj6i50YYYKG