THE APPROACH With Thompson’s decision to develop a Plan, specific actions were taken by the City of Thompson Fire and Emergency Services, Manitoba Conservation and Climate and Manitoba’s Office of the Fire Commissioner to ensure the success and prosperity of their wildfire mitigation efforts. [...] Implementing a full and comprehensive Plan, rather than simply a pre-response plan, was paramount for the City of Thompson because the Plan takes into account not only the roles and responsibilities of first responders in wildfire management, but also the needs of the community. [...] This is because the Plan is comprised of two sub-plans: 1) The Wildfire Preparedness Plan, which identifies the values in the community and guides the first responders; and 2) The Wildfire 23 Figure 6: The City of Thompson was influenced to improve the frequency of municipal risk reduction initiatives, including brush removal, pruning and the thinning of trees in high hazard areas. [...] One of the many response challenges the City of Thompson wanted to overcome with its plan was to increase the efficiency and speed of deploying equipment and ensuring clear communications and responsibilities of first responders in the WUI environment. [...] The progress begins when the local fire chiefs, foresters and the community come together and take local leadership and initiatives in wildfire mitigation and preparedness.” In addition, she mentioned the greatest challenge in implementing GIS into any plan is access and funding.
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