Trainer’s Corner: Fighting wildfires
It is never too late to review firefighter safety. Rather than subjecting your fellow firefighters to a ton of verbiage, try this method of review...By Ed Brouwer
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Fighting wildfires from the air
Argentinian air tractor pilot and volunteer firefighter Diego Perez talks with host and retired Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy about aerial wildfire fighting in the Maritimes, how ground and air crews can train to work safely together, changes to structural fire fighting, aircraft apparatus, and the adrenaline rush that comes right before a drop.
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Alberta funnels $151 million into wildfire preparedness
Alberta is investing an additional $151 million over the next three years for wildfire preparedness, prevention, response and mitigation.
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Nightfall once brought firefighting reprieve, but no longer, Canadian study shows
Jason Brolund, the fire chief in West Kelowna, B.C., says he’s seen thick smoke turn day to night in his years as a firefighter, but the opposite happened when a fast-moving blaze tore through his community one night last August.
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