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The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has provided an update on the province’s efforts to determine the causes of some of last summer’s major Okanagan blazes. However, many unanswered questions remain about the harrowing 2021 fire season.
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In California, Irvine Ranch Conservancy (IRC) has invited Newport Beach resident Ryan Honary, 14, to conduct a pilot project evaluating a multitude of environmental management and protection applications for his proprietary AI-driven sensor network technology including the detection, measurement, notification, and prediction of a variety of environmental threats to facilitate their mitigation and prevention.
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In Alberta, Airdrie RCMP issued a traffic advisory Monday due to heavy smoke from a nearby wildfire. The fire started around 2 p.m. just west of Highway 2 between Balzac and Airdrie.
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This features focuses on suppression tactics need to shift to prevention and mitigation for forests that are “begging to be burned.”
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The 4th Edition of this bestselling book by noted wildland firefighting author, Bill Teie is updated to address the most current NFPA and National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) standards and qualifications for wildland firefighting. This book is written for the fire personnel who need a basic understanding of wildland firefighting.
Firefighters and fire officers who have primary wildland responsibilities and who may be called into a wildland fire situation as a mutual aid response will all find this handbook valuable.
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Wildfires are growing in intensity and scope across the globe. The full extent of interplaying factors includes the biologically innate, but climate change, land use and population change are significant contributors. By 2100 the number of wildfires could rise by 50 per cent, and governments are unprepared for wildfires that burn for weeks over thousands of square kilometres with the ability to potentially impact millions, says a new report from the United Nations. By Laura Aiken
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The more time I spent in the fire service, the more often I found officers starting to trust in my abilities and have me take the lead under their direct supervision. As we were pulling up to a fire or a collision scene with certain captains, we would exchange ideas and initial action plans before we would go to work trying to fix someone’s problem. By Jason Clark
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Drones with infrared and thermal sensors, night-vision goggles that enable helicopter pilots to fly at night, and virtual-reality training for firefighters are some of the new approaches to wildland firefighting.New types of suppressant foams, different types of water delivery systems, and altering land management practices around timber harvesting or the land base itself are also under the microscope. By Grant Cameron
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An element of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is the wildfire suppression service in British Columbia. The BCWS employs about 1,600 seasonal personnel each year, including firefighters and dispatchers, among other seasonal positions.Mark Healey is a certified planning section chief for one of the six BCWS incident management teams. He has been in the service for 26 seasons and has worked as a planning section chief for over a decade. By Brieanna Charlebois
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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On Jan. 28, the Ontario government released a draft regulation to create mandatory minimum certification standards for specific fire protection services. Rob Grimwood, president of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs and deputy chief for Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services, joins host Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy to discuss details of the proposed new rules and what it means for Ontario’s fire service.
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May 5-7, 2022
Location: The International Centre, Mississauga, ON
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May 10, 2022
Location: Universal EventSpace, Vaughan, ON
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