FireSmart Rebate Program - Earn $1,000 for FireSmarting your Property
What is needed to Qualify
- Have a FREE FireSmart home assessment conducted by one of our Wildfire Mitigation Specialist (WMS). The WMS can answer any questions you may have and provide you with a list of recommendations specifically for your property.
STEP ONE: READ about the program and BOOK an assessment online at PEACHLAND FIRESMART ASSESSMENT - PRIOR TO STARTING THE WORK; email firesmart@peachland.ca with your:
- Address
- Date of Assessment
- What mitigations are they planning to do
- Before photos of the area
- Est. timeframe of work being completed
- Est. cost of mitigations - Carry out one or more of the assessment's recommendations. Keep track of your hours (Work Hour Log Sheet) along with any receipts for supplies, take before and after photos and email all with a description of the work to firesmart@peachland.ca
Questions? Email: firesmart@peachland.ca
Eligible FireSmart Activities Ideas
- Remove highly flammable coniferous vegetation such as cedars and junipers near your house
- Clean all combustible debris from your roof and gutters
- Prune low tree branches to create a two-meter clearance from the ground
- Clean underneath your deck to remove all combustible material
- Install non-combustible 3 millimeter screens to external vents (except dryer vents)
- Clean up brush piles, fallen branches
Your supplies and labour, set by the Province at $32/hour, for each activity are eligible. Rebates are limited to 50% of the total cost, to a maximum of $1,000. A limited number of rebates are available.
For more great FireSmart information check out their website FireSmart BC.