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We Scare Hunger. On October 24th, the Selkirk Free the Children Club hosted their 5th Annual We Scare Hunger campaign. Joined by students and parents from McKim, Lindsay Park, and the Kimberley Independent School, they were able to collect a total of $1975 worth of food for the Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank. A huge thank you to the students and parents who volunteered, to Heather Smith (Food Bank Coordinator) for her continued contribution and dedication to helping others, to Elizabeth Forsyth for serving us hot dogs and hot chocolate, and most of all to the community of Kimberley for giving so generously. In the words of Heather; “I am overwhelmed. Just when I think Kimberley can’t do any better – they do.” Back row - left to right) Brayden, Nora, Maddie, Megan, Cailyn, Heather (Middle row - L to R) Haylie (Baseball), Tye (pirate), Emerson (hockey jersey) (Front row - L to R) Olivia (in blue), Brooke (strawberry shortcake).
Kimberley Firesmart Community Champion Workshop
Kimberley Fire Department looking for community champions to coordinate neighbourhood Firesmart efforts C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
This past fire season was a particularly active one, and while the Kimberley Cranbrook area was spared any significant threat, residents of Kootenay Boundary suffered loss of property through interface fire. If you look at interface fires in B.C. in the past years, there are always what Kimberley Assistant Fire Chief Rick Prasad calls the “miracle
home” — the one still standing while others on the same block burned. Studies have been done on why particular homes survived and they all come up with common factors, Prasad says. These factors include clearing of combustibles on the property, safer building materials and more. “Extensive flame fronts and flying embers that can travel up to two kilometers into the heart of town can create significant and overwhelming conditions for fire suppression crews. Yet, there are solutions than can significantly reduce the risk of wildfire loss and not allow our community to fall victim to wildfire.” The City of Kimberley has done extensive Firesmart work on public
lands and worked with large private landowners such as Teck to reduce ladder fuels and thin trees. But ideally, private homeowners need to take responsibility for doing Firesmart work on their own properties. To that end, the Kimberley Fire Department is planning a workshop on November 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fire Hall. “The Kimberley Fire Department is looking to work with proactive and concerned individuals that are interested in making their property less susceptible to wildfire ignition through the FireSmart Canada initiative,” Prasad said. These so-called community NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION PHOTO champions would help organize Why do some homes survive an interface fire while neighbouring Firesmart work in neighbourhoods. homes burn? It has a lot to do with Firesmart work on properties. See FIRESMART, page 4