Chandos Lake Fire Preparedness Plan Update

Dear Subscribers,

As most of you know, since last fall we have been working on a plan to organize a cottagers’ wildfire response through the lake association.

The plan was fairly ambitious, and was modeled on what other lake associations have done.

We did do a limited survey of followers of this blog and the results indicated that most folk were in favor of some kind of plan to be run by the CLPOA. (see https://chandossier.com/2024/12/17/fire-preparedness-results/)

Getting ourselves organized in any significant way takes a pretty serious commitment from all parties, and apart from the cost, making this a successful venture is far from guaranteed.  Consequently, the board, acting in a responsible fashion, is cautious about jumping in too quickly.  Consequently, the original plan to get something in place this year has been withdrawn. Hopefully it, or a better plan, will come to the fore in the near future.

In order to at least have some sort of start, I have purchased some equipment for demonstration and evaluation.  I hope to place it in a firebox on our property. on Renwick.  There will be a lockbox, and any neighbours who have taken some basic training on how to operate it will be given the access code. Trevor Ferguson of Municipal Equipment says he would come out and demonstrate the equipment, but nothing yet has been arranged. Will let you know if and when.