The FNESS Steps for Cooking Safely
The resources on this page were created to help prevent cooking fires in First Nation communities.
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Fire Prevention Week 2023
Fire Prevention Week 2023 is from October 8 to 14 and this year’s theme is all about staying safe while cooking.
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Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP) Compliant Data Management
OCAP Best Practices Guide: This guide gives some recommendations as to how collecting information about and distributing the results from risk and resilience assessment inputs and results. What does OCAP mean? OCAP is an acronym for: Ownership: understanding that First Nations have ownership of their information, cultural knowledge, and data the same as an individual […]
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Education Resources
Resources to help spread life-saving information in First Nation communities.
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Winter Home Fire Safety – National Campaign
FNESS is proud to have partnered with Indigenous Services Canada to deliver a National Winter Home Fire Safety Campaign to First Nation communities across Canada.
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FNESS is built on partnerships. Any program we offer is only successful because community members and industry specialists work together. On a wider level, we encourage individuals and organizations within BC’s 203 Nations to partner with FNESS through membership. We invite your insight and your engagement as we work together to improve the health and safety of First Nation communities.”
– Wayne Schnitzler, Executive Director





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