FireSmart, You and the Mayne Island Improvement District

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FireSmart, You and the Mayne Island Improvement
District
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Objectives

• To minimize the exposure of your properties to
  Wildfire
• To maintain and improve your quality of life
• To safely maintain and enhance the beauty and
  nature of your properties
• To promote community understanding and
  involvement in reducing the potential for
  occurrence of Wildfires

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What the Mayne Island Improvement District will
do now

• Continue and enhance public awareness of
  FireSmart principles
• Provide examples of various levels and types of
  FireSmart implementation
• Provide, via the Fire Department, information,
  inspections and occasionally advice on how to
  help you implement FireSmart
• Work with you in planning and implementing
  FireSmart on public properties around the island

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What the Mayne Island Improvement District could
do

• Arrange for the rental and safe operation of
  industrial strength chippers for reduction of
  debris
• Arange for centralized debris burning areas
• Participate in FireSmart projects on public
  properties
• Work with the CRD in the removal of FreSmart
  debris from the island. Currently, this is
  limited to the potential removal of introduced
  species (specifically Scotch Broom) to the
  Hartland Dump
• Remain open for suggestions

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FireSmart on the Mayne Island Improvement
District Property (1)

• An example of a really drastic approach to
  FireSmart
• Our Primary Purposes Are
• Keep trees and shrubbery out of the Heliport
  Fight Path
• Isolate, as much as possible, all buildings and
  facilities from the potential effect of Wildfire
• Remove the possibility for FOD in and around the
  Heliport, walkways and driveways.

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FireSmart on the Mayne Island Improvement
District Property (2)

• Our Secondary Purposes Are
• Create and maintain a public property at moderate
  cost which we can all be proud of
• Provide examples of preferred plantings to
  illustrate some aspects of FireSmart
  implementation
• Minimize the visual intrusion that the drastic
  FireSmart implementation caused to our neighbours
  and the community

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FireSmart Debris

• This is a really difficult issue!
• The only current solutions we have are
• BURNING
• CHIPPING
• COMPOSTING
• REMOVAL is not a real option at this time.

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Burning of FireSmart Debris (1)

• Potentially an Environmental Hazard with the
  production of
• Greenhouse Gases
• Airborne Pollutants
• Fires need to be HOT
• Debris needs to be DRY
• Fires need to be conducted on clear days and be
  WELL-VENTILATED

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Burning of FireSmart Debris (2)

• A portion of FireSmart Debris is suitable for
  household heating
• Please ensure that
• Your chimney has been recently swept
• Your fireplace, heater, furnace, etc. is in good
  shape and has adequate cold air supply
• Your flues are safe and isolated from walls,
  floors and any combustible material
• Your wood is dry
• If in doubt, call the FireChief (539-5156)

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Burning of FireSmart Debris (3)

• Remember to get a Burning Permit from the Fire
  Department or the Gas Station for all open-air
  fires and follow the rules printed on the Permit
  precisely!

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The Future for FireSmart Debris

• Potentially a source of recoverable energy as
• Bio-Fuels
• Electricity from direct- or co-generation
• Much research and experimentation is still
  required because
• Small Community-scale plants are not currently
  cost-effective
• Continuity of supply and quality of supply is not
  assured

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Update on the Heliport
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October 18th 2006

• The process of Transport Canada certification for
  the Mayne Island Heliport is underway!
• Minor deficiencies now being addressed
• Certification anticipated before the end of 2006
• Renovation cost 75,000
• Over 17 emergency-medevacs have taken place since
  the Heliport was re-opened in January 2006

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• Thanks to our local PAPPARAZZO Brian Haller

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The Overall Cost

• The MIID approved 3 new Bylaws at its most recent
  Board Meeting
• Bylaw 81 2007 Budget
• Bylaw 82 Bank Loan for Heliport
  Costs (75,000)
• Bylaw 83 Bank Loan for immediately
  required Wildfire Equipment (17,500)

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The Proposed 2007 MIID Budget

• The MIID Board of Trustees has approved a 2007
  Budget which will require a tax levy of 500,159
• an increase of 104,000 over 2006
• an increase of 254,000 over 2005
• This will mean a tax increase of about 80 for
  the average Mayne Island property.
• Why?

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Where is all the money going?

• Health Centre Building
• Heliport
• Wildfire Fighting Equipment (cf. Galiano!)
• Fire Fighter Call-Out and Training Fees
• Deputy Fire Chief and 3rd Fire Captain
• Increased Administration
• Increases in New Fire Hall Costs
• Emergency Generator

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Proposed 2007 Budget for Mayne Island Improvement
District