2026 Award for Best Practices in the Wildland-Urban Interface Survey

It is our pleasure to announce and release the call for submissions for the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs’ (CAFC) new Award for Best Practices in Wildland-Urban Interface Planning (WUI).

This award recognizes departments that are advancing best practices within the wildland-urban interface (WUI) through measurable, demonstrable efforts and outcomes at the local, provincial, and national levels.

The evaluation criteria may include:

Actual and/or potential impact of the work;
How generalizable/applicable the work is;
Whether it can be scaled and spread
Strength of the case; or
Rationale for the award

The winner will be recognized during CAFC’s annual conference, Fire-Rescue Canada (FRC).

INSTRUCTIONS

Please answer each question in the template below.
Type your response directly into the space given beside the question.
You will receive confirmation of your submission once you submit.

All nominations are due no later than August 7, 2026. Winners will be announced at FRC 2026.

1.Contact Information for Nominee

Organization name:

Province:

Name and title:

Email address:

2.Contact Information for Nominator (if different than above)

Organization name:

Province:

Name and title:

Email address:

3.Department Type: Is the department volunteer, career or composite (Select composite if the department has more than 10% career firefighters)?

4.Why is the nominated organization deserving of the CAFC Award for Best Practices in Wildland-Urban Interface? Describe how this organization has gone above and beyond in its practices in Wildland-Urban Interface locally, provincially, or nationally. (Five sentences max. in lay terms. Please be specific in describing any impacts or achievements).

5.OPTIONAL: Use this space to describe any other contextual elements essential to understanding why this department is deserving of this award.