The Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit acknowledges with gratitude that the event is taking place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples of the Songhees Nation and Xwsepsum Nation.
Organizing TEAMS
ADVISORY GROUP
- Tony Pesklevits, BC Wildfire Service
- Brian Hutchinson, BC Wildfire Service
- Rachel Woodhurst, BC Wildfire Service/FireSmart BC
- Phil Lemire, Fire Chiefs Association of BC
- Larry Watkinson, City of Kelowna
- Amanda Reynolds, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
- Marina Irwin, BC Wildfire Service
TRAINING GROUP
- Ryan Davis, BC Wildfire Service
- Nikki Romanowski, BC Wildfire Service
- Malina Garner, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC/FireSmart BC
- Clayton Sheen, City of Prince George
- Joel Hamilton, Fire Chiefs Association of BC/FireSmart BC
- Mattias Ballantyne, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
- Lucy Grainger, BC Wildfire Service/ FireSmart BC
FIRESMART BC WORKING GROUP
- Lynn Eileen, Union of BC Municipalities
- Dan Stevens, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
- Helena Marken, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
- Ryan Moreside, Fire Chiefs Association of BC
- Kate Todoruk, Fire Chiefs Association of BC
- Justin Van Mulligen, SitePartners
- Micheyla Louw, SitePartners
- Emma Letkemann, SitePartners
- Karla Hoffman, FireSmart BC
- Alyssa Christianson, BC Wildfire Service
- Lucy Grainger, BC Wildfire Service
- Diana Grabavac, BC Wildfire Service
- Jessica Michalofsky, BC Wildfire Service
- Eric McKay, BC Wildfire Service
- Randie Lee Morgan, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
- Danika Snook, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
- Courtenay Campbell, First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC
EVENT
2026 Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit
ADDRESS & CONTACT
Victoria Conference Centre & Fairmont Empress
720 Douglas St,
Victoria, BC V8W 3M7
wrts@pacegroup.com
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