Fire Safety

FireSmart
Be FireSmart. Our forests are a source of great pride. We encourage our residents and visitors to enjoy all they have to offer, and to help us ensure their beauty is protected.

Squamish is in a high-risk area for wildfires. Please be careful and help prevent wildfires:

• Never toss a lit match
• Extinguish cigarettes completely
• Do not discard cigarettes and matches from vehicles or off your balconies and decks. Use interior ashtrays
• Do not burn open fires or barbecues if there is a campfire/barbecue ban in the area or in windy conditions
• If barbecues are permitted, do not dump hot coals. Ensure they are completely cold before dumping them in the garbage
• If campfires are permitted always ensure there are adequate people, water & shovels on site to control flames AND ensure fire is extinguished completely before leaving the site
• Be careful when touring with All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs or dirt bikes - their exhaust systems produce an enormous amount of heat and can ignite brush)
• Take the time to become fire aware: check for advisories on highway signs, radio and newspaper, call the 1-888-3-FOREST fire information line, with pre-recorded updates on wildfire locations, smoke advisories, wildfire hazards and campfire restrictions
• Obey all backcountry and trail closures and fire bans

Click here to visit the B.C. Forest Service site for Wildfire Information.