Cabin has worked closely with the District of Summerland and the Summerland Fire Department on various fuel management projects within the community since 2021.
These projects include fuel management prescriptions on multiple sites in the Wildland Urban Interface. Values at risk managed in these prescriptions include homes, recreational values of park areas, and range use values.
The most recent project was Treatment Unit 20 (TU20) completed between November 2024 to March 2025. It involved 50.3 hectares of manual treatment on crown land adjacent to the District of Summerland and was developed primarily to reduce wildfire risk to the community and provide a consistent landscape-level fuel break.
We completed a wildfire risk reduction within the treatment unit to create a defensible space for suppression activities, decrease fire behaviour intensities, and protect residual stems. It also provides a fuel break for the District of Summerland.
The secondary objective was to space and thin coniferous trees to a spacing and density that would aid in establishing more grasslands within the treatment unit.
Vernon Office
Unit 20A - 100 Kalamalka Lake Rd.
Vernon, BC, V1T 9G1
778-475-3655
Nelson Office
Room #500A - 901 Front St.
Nelson, BC, V1L 4C1
778-463-1045
Kelowna Office
#2-3304 Appaloosa Rd.
Kelowna, BC, V1V 2W5
Nakusp Office
119 Broadway St W
Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0
250-265-3603
Nanaimo Office
#105, 116-99 Chapel St.
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5H3