Radium FireSmart Debris Chipping Day Thursday May 21st

Radium will hold its annual Community Chipping Day on Thursday, May 21^st.  This program allows residents to remove combustible vegetation from their properties, with the chipping crew handling the debris removal. Residents can place FireSmart Debris out up to 10 days before May 21^st for removal on the 21^st. Registration is required, as the crew will only visit the addresses on its list. To register, email village@radiumhotsprings.ca or call 250-347-6455 and provide your name, civic address in Radium and a contact number. For more information, email Steve at firesmart@radiumhotsprings or visit the village webpage at www.radiumhotsprings.ca and search for FireSmart.

Chipping guidelines:

• The preferred branch length is one to two and a half metres, and a maximum diameter of 13cm.
• Piles must be placed 1.5 – 2m back from the edge of the road and must not obstruct any drainages or culverts.
• Piles must not be placed earlier than May 11th.
• The thickest end of the branches should be facing towards the road.
• Do not include rotten wood, as it cannot be put through the chipper.
• Only tree and shrub materials will be chipped (no construction materials/treated wood, leaves, needles, or bark chips).
• Do your best to keep your piles tidy and easy to pull apart.
• Make multiple 1m wide piles rather than one huge one.
• Consider thinning the trees up to a 3-metre tree spacing, and limbing the branches up to 2 metres.
• Please keep in mind that chipping events are meant to facilitate the FireSmarting of Home Ignition Zones surrounding preexisting homes. Large-scale/lot clearing is not part of this program and should be taken to your nearest appropriate disposal facility.