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Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Sooke is identified as a "Very Dry" interface fire location, highlighting the urgent need for effective wildfire protection. Community engagement through recreational off-road activities plays a crucial role. Off-roaders can be valuable assets in fire prevention and response due to their local knowledge, terrain navigation skills, and ability to maintain open trails, which help create fuel breaks. Our proposal seeks support for a comprehensive wildfire protection plan involving trail mapping, access control, and volunteer training, ensuring community resilience against wildfires.

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Community Wildfire Protection Plan

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  1. Community Wildfire Protection Plan

  2. Sooke is classified as “Very Dry”

  3. Interface Fire locations around Sooke

  4. What the little yellow dots represent Dot 2002-V60201: 2002 Sooke Potholes Fire Dot 2007-V60051: Sunriver fire near my home

  5. Another yellow dot Westbank 2009

  6. What does off road recreation have to do with it? As a result of their recreational activities off roaders: • Are a recruitable population for fire fighting • Have vehicles capable of navigating the terrain • Have the skill to operate them • Have knowledge of the terrain and trails • Keep the trails open and passable • Can quickly make an emergency extraction • Open trails create a fuel break • Ground crews are essential to air suppression • Volunteers are needed for emergency social services

  7. How will we control access? • GPS data logger • Electronic padlock access control • Estimated cost ~ $150 p/pair • ~ $300 p/lock • GIS trail mapping integration possible • System admin could potentially create an employment position • at SeaParc • Wildfire preparation has $5000 budget • Community Grant funding

  8. CRD Research project proposal • Trail mapping • Destination mapping • Historical use patterns • Environmental impact • Access control • Boundary control • Economic benefits • Social benefits • Wildfire preparation planning • Operational costing • Protective Services Integration

  9. Off Road Recreation on Parkland is an Asset

  10. Please endorse our proposal ThankYou

  11. South Island Motorized Recreation Advisory Council(SIMRAC) • Island4X4 • Island Rock Crawlers (IRC) • ATV/BC • VICruisers • VIBikers • BCORMA (British Columbia Off-Road Motorcycle Association) • VMC (Victoria Motorcycle Club) • 4WDABC (Four Wheel Drive Association of BC) • Luxton Tough Truck Challenge Communications contact: Terrance Martin T.F. Martin & Associates 6517 Stonewood Dr., Sooke, BC V9Z 0Y6 250-642-2917 tm@tfmartin.net

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