Whereas the Province has adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; And whereas proposed changes to the BC Emergency Program Act will include disaster mitigation as an additional local government responsibility: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province be similarly required by legislation to undertake disaster mitigation work on all lands and facilities under the care and control of the Province where emergency events could negatively impact adjacent communities under local government jurisdiction.
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General The Provinces rugged natural landscape results in several natural hazards such as flooding, wildfire, and geohazards including landslides, rockfall and debris flows that affect our communities. Many of these hazards originate from Crown land and impact populated areas of the province managed by local authorities and First Nations. The Province will continue to support local authorities and First Nations through direct mitigation works where appropriate, and to better understand and invest in disaster risk reduction on Crown land near their communities through application-based mitigation funding programs such as the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, Community Resiliency Investment Program, and Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund. Disaster risk reduction will be a component of the modernized emergency management legislation, but it is not anticipated that specific mitigation projects will be legislated.