The Wildfire Awareness Society

06/09/2026

This is a great opportunity to get the tools you need to firesmart your property.

TODAY!

via Raven ReCentre — Join Raven ReCentre, the City of Whitehorse, and The Wildfire Awareness Society in our FireSmarting Your Home workshop.

📍 Raven ReCentre (100 Galena Rd)
📆 Tuesday, June 9
⏰️ 6:30 to 8:30 pm

FREE pizza and really good coffee. Time to spruce up your gardens be firesmart ready this Spring!

Learn about all the different firesmarting tools for your home with Raven ReCentre's Tool Library.

Get to know how the City of Whitehorse’s FireSmart program supports residents, with tools like FREE home assessments, Neighbourhood Recognition, and more. whitehorse.ca/firesmart

Find at least 10 differences with the Wildfire Awareness Society between the 2 sides of a model of a duplex, where one side has been FireSmarted and the other hasn’t.

Register at: events.humanitix.com/firesmart-2026

05/10/2026

Whitehorse and Jasper share many things in common.

04/25/2026

The Jasper fire of 2024 came from the south, which is the right hand corner of this picture. Fire smart fuel reductions were done in the left part of this picture where the fire stopped. The fire jumped highway 16 and the railway. Listening to the previous fire chief tonight at Beringia he feels that it would have been necessary to keep the fire on the ground at least 2km out of town. Dense coniferous forest came within 300 meters of town on the west end. The dense spark storm and intense winds that destroyed 800 housing units in Jasper are what lit the town on fire, not direct flames from the fire itself. Intense crownfires go where they want, are not actionable by wildland fire fighters, and throw sparks for many kilometers down wind.

04/23/2026

Don't forget our Festival Friday Night and Saturday. We have some spaces left for child care while you learn how to harden your home against fire.

04/22/2026

Book a free fire smart assessment, enter to win a chainsaw!

04/21/2026

Fire risk reduction around Whitehorse aims to reduce ladder fuels and slow a fire down. But what many people don't realize it that it also increases the deciduous understory as well. Willows and berries thrive with the added light and rain pe*******on. Next time you are out for a walk listen for the difference in bird song for fire smarted areas and non fire smarted areas. You might be surprised.

04/20/2026

It's time to burn the last of that firewood on your deck. Don't store wood close to your house during the summer months.

04/15/2026

We are so excited about our firesmart festival! Here is our schedule!

04/14/2026

It’s hard to imagine much of a forest fire this summer after this winters relentless snow and cold. There is a reasonable chance of El Niño setting up however and conditions under dense spruce currently in the Whitehorse area is still very dry with reports of some fires over wintering in thick duff layers to the west of Whitehorse.
Now is a great time to remove some conifers from your yard, burn the last of your firewood pile on the deck, and start fire hardening your yard.
Firewood should never be stored close to your house from May to September. Removing conifer trees now, stack the wood at least 10 meters from your house. As a rule it will be decent for burning by fall especially if split.
The best time to prepare for wildfire season is now. Falling conifers on the snowpack prevents damage to the lawn. Make sure you clean up all the branches and needles if this snow ever melts!

04/14/2026

Leaving large conifer trees over hanging your house is a serious risk. Remove spruce and pine within 10 meters of your house. Aspen or poplar on the other hand is excellent except in the spring when fire hazard is still low.