{"id":48305,"date":"2021-03-23T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T19:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=48305"},"modified":"2021-03-23T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T19:11:33","slug":"srd-seeks-grant-reducing-wildfire-threat-to-community-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/srd-seeks-grant-reducing-wildfire-threat-to-community-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"SRD seeks grant reducing wildfire threat to community buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roy L Hales<\/p>\n

The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) is seeking a\u00a0Union of BC Municipalities<\/a>\u00a0grant to decrease the wildfire threat to community buildings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The proposal<\/h2>\n

The associated staff report contains written endorsements from the village of\u00a0Zeballos<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0South Quadra Island Island Fire Protection District<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By the time\u00a0SRD Protective services Coordinator Shaun Koopman<\/a>\u00a0explained his proposal to\u00a0the Board<\/a>, the\u00a0Cortes Island Firefighting Association<\/a>\u00a0sent their endorsement and the village of\u00a0Gold River<\/a>\u00a0expressed interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Regional District recently obtained over $200,000 for wildfire risk reduction. What you see before you is my request to apply for another wildfire risk reduction grant, for about twice that amount. The focus of this grant is to reduce the vulnerability of our critical infrastructure tfrom being destroyed or damaged during a wildfire,\u201d said Koopman.<\/p>\n

Proposed projects include:<\/h2>\n