WELCOME!!  The members of the Greenstone Fires Smart Committee would like to welcome you to our site.  We have included information regarding the fire smart program in an attempt to make Greenstone a safer more prepared communitee in the event of a forest fire. 

Ontario averages over 1300 wildfires each year from Georgian Bay to Hudson’s Bay and about half of these are started by people. Every year people and property are threatened by wildland fires. Many of these fires occur in areas called the urban interface zone where homes, cottages and subdivisions are built into the forest landscape.

Is your property at risk?

FireSmart is a program that provides information to help communities and homeowners to take action and protect their properties and adjacent natural resources from the risk of wildfires.

To find out if your property is at risk, look through the “Home Owners FireSmart Manual”. Then you can complete the home owner’s survey on your own property and assess the potential risk of loss due to a wildfire. You can use the risk assessment to show you where you may need to do some work to protect your home and property. (The above information was taken from the MNR official FireSmart website)

For more information please visit the MNR's FireSmart website at the link below

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/AFFM/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165412.html