Thick smoke fills the air and nearly blocks out the sun as a property destroyed by the White Rock Lake wildfire is seen in Monte Lake, east of Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, August 14, 2021.
The Fraser Valley Regional District passed a motion in February calling on the province and Emergency Management B.C.
The complaints about funding come after wildfires raced through the province last summer, destroying numerous homes and much of the village of Lytton.
“As we’ve seen with the last year’s heat dome, wildfires, flooding and mudslides, preparing for emergencies is critical.