After a wildfire, the flames may fade, but the danger does not. A new study by UBC researchers reveals that burned landscapes ...
The BC Wildfire Service is warning residents of a prescribed burn starting next week in Seymour Arm as crews return to finish a fuel mitigation project from last year.
Currently, much of Canada and B.C. are experiencing ongoing dryness and drought, Mike Flannigan, a research chair in predictive services, emergency management and fire science at Thompson Rivers ...
While native plants were slow to recover, invasive grasses are starting to grow on bare, post-burn patches of ground in lower-elevation areas where people live, work and which they use for recreation.
B.C.’s minister of forests is touting some $14 million in investments into firefighting equipment and a record number of applicants to the BC Wildfire Service, as the province braces for the coming wi ...
The intense 2025 wildfire season in B.C. means firefighters will face challenges in 2026 because of overwintering wildfires, also called holdover or zombie fires, that smoulder deep underground ...
The BC Wildfire Service says it is expanding training, upgrading technology and investing in new infrastructure as it prepares for the 2026 wildfire season.