Wildfire Risk Reduction project planned for Millar Road



WILLIAMS LAKE – The Cariboo-Chilcotin Natural Resource District will be burning piles as part of an ongoing Wildfire Risk Reduction project on Millar Road, east of Horsefly. Jeratec Forestry Contracting holds the contract to complete this work onsite.

When and where

  • Work on this project started in October of 2025 and will continue into next year, until March 20, 2026.
  • The project includes preparing and burning piles in four treatment areas, approximately six kilometres along Millar Road.

What to expect

  • Crews will create piles no larger than two metres by three metres.
  • Pile burning started in late October 2025 and will continue until March 20, 2026.
  • Using hand torches, crews will ignite piles under favourable conditions and will closely monitor all fire activity.
  • Burning may occur over multiple days, as weather and site conditions allow.
  • Personnel will remain on-site each day to ensure fires are controlled and will only leave once the fires have safely burned down and no longer pose a risk of spreading.
  • Fires will continue to be monitored and extinguished once burning is complete.
  • Smoke and flames will be visible to surrounding communities.

Objectives of this Wildfire Risk Reduction project

  • Reduce the wildfire risk to the residences of Millar Road and surrounding areas.
  • Strategically remove fuels, reducing the ability of wildfire to spread from ground to canopy and reducing overall intensity of a potential wildfire.

The Ministry of Forests has completed several wildfire risk reduction projects throughout the Cariboo-Chilcotin Natural Resource District.

Learn more

Fire is a natural process in many of B.C.’s ecosystems. The BC Wildfire Service works regularly with land managers to undertake fuel management activities, including the use of prescribed burns and wildfire risk reduction projects, to help reduce the severity of future wildfires and related threats to communities.

As we get further into the cooler weather, you may see smoke in your area from open burning activities. Open burning can be expected to be seen from the fall through to the spring as the wildfire risk is lower. Overnight recoveries and relative humidities are higher and therefore, not conducive to fires burning or at high risk of spreading throughout this time of year.

Contact

Shelly Harnden, RFT
Land and Resource Coordinator
Cariboo-Chilcotin Natural Resource District
250-706 6276
Shelly.Harnden@gov.bc.ca