The third annual Ember Stomp, a Wildfire Community Preparedness Day event, is focused on practical steps individuals and communities can take to reduce wildfire risk.

Join the Stomp at the Jaffray Community Hall to learn how to make your home and community more resilient to wildfire, check out wildland firefighting apparatus, an educational presentation at 1 PM, a live fire demonstration at 2 PM from the Elk Valley and South Country Rural Fire & Rescue Service, games for the kids, and more.

Attending services and organizations include the East Kootenay FireSmart Program, Elk Valley and South Country Rural Fire & Rescue Service, BC Wildfire Service, Living Lakes Canada, the BC Ministry of Forests – Wildfire Risk Reduction, Rocky Mountain Trench Society, ʔa·kinq̓uku Fire Service LTD, Western Painted Turtle Recovery Team, Fernie Home Hardware Building Centre, Cloverdale Paints, C.L.E.A.R. Society, Kootenay Landscaping, GFL, Fernie Garden Centre, East Kootenay Invasive Species Council, Gallagher eShepherd Virtual Fencing, Elk River Alliance, Saferwood, South Country Ag Society, and the Kootenay Livestock Association. A concession will be available – brought to you by the Jaffray Community Club and the Sand Creek Lions Club.

Find more information on the East Kootenay FireSmart Program at engage.rdek.bc.ca/firesmart