Fuels Management and Individual Preparedness Needed

One of the elected officials in the eye of the firestorm, as the forests have burned in B.C., is Jennifer Rice. The two-term MLA for North Coast is also the parliamentary secretary for Emergency Preparedness. She was in Prince George when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with fire officials and toured some of the burning forests of the region. She has been involved in the overall firefighting effort throughout the fire season, and is already looking towards the winter months when she expects to be involved in both the analysis of what just happened and the actions taken to reduce future forest fire problems. “It is continuous improvement,” said Rice, describing how the provincial emergency system responds to the systemic incidents on our landscape – fires, floods, earthquakes, storms, etc.