“What we’re finding is that a quarter of a million is really a drop in the bucket compared to the number of nature parks and the number of interface areas we have now, growing up through Pineview Valley and growing up through Uplands and certainly Juniper and Dufferin,” Christian told KTW. “We’re interfacing with the forest much more.”
The city’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan notes areas of Kamloops that are particularly vulnerable. It states houses on the western edge of Peterson Creek and within Rose Hill face the most serious long-term threats to wildfire. Other areas of concern include Barnhartvale, Juniper Ridge, Heffley and Pineview.