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Letter: Cities should crack down on urban fire hazards

Dead trees, yellow grass and dead shrubs are all just waiting for a spark
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A New Westminster firefighter demonstrates the fire department’s response to brush fires in 2019. | Jennifer Gauthier / The Record

Re: North Shore residents should be upping wildfire preparation tactics

Dear Editor:

We have all seen disastrous examples of what a wildfire in an urban setting can do. Here we are on the North Shore, surrounded by tinder dry forests. Every day, I pass by private yards with knee high yellow grass, dead trees, and dead shrubs.

I think that their local governments should notify them to remove such obvious fire hazards from their yards and boulevards within thirty days or receive a fine/charge to have city crews do it for them.

Cheryl Bird
North Vancouver