These Halifax-area communities are getting ready for the next wildfire. Should yours be next? – CBC
Aug 27, 2024
Halifax Fire carrying out community risk assessments in face of climate change
When Paul Meade moved into his house on a picturesque island overlooking Nova Scotia’s St. Margaret’s Bay three years ago, he could barely spot its brown wood siding from the road through the property’s dense bands of trees.
He started to cut it back, at first for esthetic reasons.
But after a wildfire broke out in the nearby community of Upper Tantallon in May 2023 — destroying 151 homes in its path — Meade soon realized his proactive tree-clearing had another purpose: fire prevention.
