Program provides teachers with lesson plans designed to help children understand wildfires

As wildfire risk intensifies across British Columbia, FireSmart BC introduces a province-wide education initiative to equip students with practical wildfire safety skills. The new program, launched this fall, provides teachers with free, ready-to-use lesson plans designed to help children understand how wildfires start, how to prevent them, and what steps can make homes and communities more resilient.

Empowering students with practical skills

Lucy Grainger, FireSmart education officer, says the program fills a critical gap in wildfire education. “We had a lot of programming for adults and we didn’t have much for kids,” she explains. The curriculum, which spans kindergarten to grade 12, is designed

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