Wildfire Response

• Sask. had wildfire report months before release: Opposition

  Saskatchewan's NDP say emails received through a freedom of information request paint a different timeline on the province's independent review into its 2025 wildfire response.

  Canada

  Sep 10
  
• Senate committee report calls for better co-ordination of wildfire response

  The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry says Canada needs to fund a national fleet of modern firefighting aircraft and create an office to co-ordinate wildfire responses.

  Fire

  Jun 10
  
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• Canada-U.S. shared wildfire response pact includes shared equipment, people

  The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says nearly 2,000 international firefighting personnel are in Canada right now, including several hundred from the U.S.

  Environment

  Jun 22, 2023
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• ‘There could have been more done’: Debate over B.C. wildfire response heats up after document leaked

  The meeting minutes say there was a call for the "forestry industry to fight fires independently," as the BC Wildfire Service "does not have enough staff."

  Fire

  Aug 18, 2021
• Southern Interior fire departments train together on wildfire response

  The training is being organized by the BC Office of the Fire Commissioner and the BC Wildfire Service, in collaboration with municipal fire chiefs.

  Fire

  Apr 25, 2021
• Here’s why B.C.’s 2018 wildfire season is so extreme, and why it’s not over yet

  The 2018 wildfire season in British Columbia has grown to be the worst on record in years, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2018
• Final Fort McMurray wildfire report indicates misunderstanding over seriousness of threat

  A new report done for the RMWB determined that senior emergency officials did not understand the seriousness of the threat that last year's wildfire posed to the community of Fort McMurray.

  Fire

  Jul 27, 2017
• Alberta sends more help for B.C. wildfire response; air quality advisories issued

  Alberta has sent 125 firefighters and support staff, five air tankers, two birddog planes and 3,000 lengths of hose to help British Columbia fight wildfires.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2017
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• Alberta sending 40 RCMP officers to help with B.C. wildfire emergency

  RCMP in British Columbia have asked for help and Alberta is responding by sending 40 officers with the Special Tactical Operations unit to help in the wildfire effort.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2017
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• Government trying to whitewash Fort McMurray wildfire details: Opposition leader

  The Wildrose Opposition leader in Alberta says the government is attempting to whitewash the findings of reports into the Fort McMurray wildfire disaster. 

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2017