Wildfire Mitigation Strategy

Wildfire Mitigation Strategy

Reducing Wildfire Risk, Together

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Parkland County is known for its natural beauty with a varied landscape of rural communities, farms, lakeside neighbourhoods, grasslands, and natural areas. Each of these comes with a unique risk for wildfire.  

Parkland County’s Wildfire Mitigation Strategy is a roadmap to help reduce wildfire risk across the County. It identifies where wildfire could have the greatest impact, outlines practical steps to reduce risk, and guides how the County will work with residents and other partners to strengthen wildfire preparedness over time. 

Why This Strategy Matters

Wildfire is not only a forest issue. The strategy helps identify where wildfire risk is higher, where homes and infrastructure may be more exposed, and where action may have the greatest impact. 

By planning ahead, Parkland County can make informed decisions about emergency preparedness, land use planning, vegetation management, public education, and future investment in wildfire risk reduction. 

What This Strategy Does

The Wildfire Mitigation Strategy is a roadmap for action. It helps Parkland County: 

  • better understand local wildfire risk;
  • identify areas where wildfire exposure and community development overlap; 
  • plan practical actions to reduce risk; 
  • strengthen emergency preparedness and response; 
  • support FireSmart education and community participation; 
  • guide future planning, development, and policy decisions; and 
  • work with partners to improve wildfire resilience across the County.

How Parkland County is Taking Action

Understanding Local Risks

Parkland County is working to better understand where local wildfire risk is highest, including how vegetation, weather, terrain, and nearby development may affect people, homes, infrastructure and other important assets.

These findings will help the County prioritize mitigation work, guide emergency planning and support informed decisions for wildfire resilience across the community.

Supporting FireSmart Action

FireSmart helps residents, businesses, farms, and neighbourhoods take practical steps to reduce the risk from an approaching wildfire. 

Through the strategy, the County will continue supporting FireSmart education, home assessments, neighbourhood-level action, community events, and public awareness.

Strengthening Emergency Preparedness

The strategy also supports stronger emergency planning, training, public awareness, wildfire reporting, evacuation readiness, and coordinated response. 

Preparedness is an important part of reducing wildfire risk. Residents are encouraged to know what to do before, during, and after an emergency. 

Managing Vegetation

Trees, grass, brush, and deadfall can all affect how wildfire spreads. In some areas, vegetation management may help reduce wildfire intensity, slow the spread, and support emergency response. Based on the location and landscape, vegetation management can include removing dead or hazardous material, thinning dense vegetation, and creating fuel breaks.

Planning Safer Communities

The strategy will help inform how wildfire risk is considered in future planning and development. This may include reviewing access routes, water supply, emergency response needs, landscaping, setbacks, infrastructure, and community design. 

The goal is to consider wildfire risk early, so future growth can be planned with safety and resilience in mind. 

Working With Partners

Reducing wildfire risk takes teamwork. Parkland County will continue working with neighbouring municipalities, Indigenous communities, provincial agencies, industry partners, local organizations, emergency responders, and residents. 

This coordinated approach will help ensure wildfire planning, education, mitigation, and response efforts are connected and effective. 

Areas for Focused Planning and Early Action

The strategy identifies areas where wildfire exposure and the number of homes or structures overlap. These areas may be considered first for FireSmart education, emergency planning, vegetation management, community outreach, or other risk-reduction work. 

This does not mean other areas are not important or do not have wildfire risk. It helps the County focus resources where early action may have the greatest benefit. 

Parkland County Priority Communities

  • Seba Beach area
  • Westbrook Crescent area
  • Devon North area
  • Keephills area
  • Trestle Creek area
  • Acheson area
  • Spruce Valley Estates area
  • Wabamun Provincial Park and surrounding area
  • Kolba, Fernwood, and Creekside Estates area
  • Country Lane Estates area
  • Tomahawk North area
  • Tomahawk South area
  • Woodland Acres and Narao Pines area
  • Pine Valley Acres and surrounding area 

Everyone Has a Role to Play

Reducing wildfire risk is a shared responsibility. Parkland County has a role in planning, coordination, education, emergency preparedness, and mitigation work. Residents, businesses, farms, and neighbourhoods also have an important role to play. 

Small actions can make a difference, especially when they are taken before an emergency happens. 

To learn what you can do on your property, visit the FireSmart page. To prepare your household, business, or livestock for an emergency, visit the Emergency Preparedness page. 

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Parkland County will continue sharing updates as wildfire mitigation work moves forward. 

Residents are encouraged to stay informed, take FireSmart action where they can, and watch for future opportunities to learn more or get involved. 

Want to learn more? Get in touch at fireservice@parklandcounty.com!

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