Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is taking significant steps to reduce the risk of wildfire in Saskatchewan that threatens people and properties each summer. Through forest thinning, fire guard construction and vegetation maintenance in high-risk areas, fires will burn with less intensity.

This increases the safety and effectiveness of wildfire suppression, and increases public and first responder safety, reduces costs and risk to communities. The SPSA manages these projects, and along with their Project Manager will work cooperatively within municipal boundaries.

Current Projects

The Municipal and Crown land Projects mitigation initiatives initiated on Crown and Municipal land include:

Anglin Lake	La Ronge	Turtle Lake
Candle Lake	Little Bear Lake	Uranium City
Cypress Hills	Nesslin Lake	Wadin Bay
Denare Beach	Parr Hill	Waterhen Lake
Descharme Lake	Patuanak	Whiteswan Lake
Dore Lake	Prince Albert (City)
Hudson Bay	Sled Lake

Background Information

In 2017, Infrastructure Canada established the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF), with the objective to increase the resilience of Canadian communities by funding projects designed to manage risks associated with natural hazards such as wildfire, floods and droughts.

In the Spring of 2019, the Province of Saskatchewan reached an agreement with the Government of Canada to fund a nine-year project that started in winter of 2019/2020. 

Key partners in the SPSA agreement include SaskPower and Northern Municipal Services who administers the Northern Municipal Trust Account (NMTA). SaskPower manages powerline vegetation within identified communities, reducing the risk of wildfire ignitions and power outages from fallen trees on powerlines.

 

For more information about DMAF, please email spsa@gov.sk.ca.

 

These projects are funded in part by the Government of Canada.