Research Update: The September 5th, 2025, Hot Topic Open House featured roundtable discussions with partners from TRU’s Institute for Wildfire Science, Resiliency, and Adaptation; FireSmart; United Way; Kamloops Fire Rescue; and the City of Kamloops and yielded crucial insights into community resilience barriers. Participants consistently emphasized that moving from awareness to action in fire mitigation depends upon an enhanced sense of individual and collective agency.
