Calgary's New Wildland Urban Fire Strategy

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Canada News Today, your AI-powered local news. Calgary's emergency crew is crafting a fresh wildland urban fire strategy as wildfires rage fiercer each year. Sue Henry, head of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, says it's just getting started, sparked by hotter, drier summers and homes pushing into. Wild edges. Grass fires and city limits are climbing, putting neighborhoods near forests, river valleys, and big parks in the hot seat. The teams uniting to map risks, mitigation moves, and agency weak spots, kicking off info collection late last year to plug those gaps. In 2025, they managed the G7 summit up in Canaanascus, a hazmat scare evacuating spots near McLeod Trail and that bear sparse south water. Main bust on December 30th. The ops center ran 13 days, folding lessons from 2024's chaos into sharper plans. Their latest disaster risk checklists, 67 threats, with 22 tagged high-risk 3, more than

1:04back in 2022. Stuff like floods, cyber hits, brutal heater cold, and river dam breaks top the list, many amped by shifting weather. With climate cranking up these headaches, at least 8 high-risk tied to it, Seema's revamping the city emergency playbook for tougher demands ahead. Staying one step ahead of the storm.