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Deployed in minutes to pump unlimited high volumes of water over long distances under high pressure. Visit Hytrans at BC Fire Expo, 2-3 June 2024. More Info
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The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre will resume publishing wildland fire stats in April when the season really gets underway, but looking at the volume of news on the topic that's kept flowing from 2023 into 2024, it's safe to say wildfires are staying more top of mind year-round than they used to.
- Laura Aiken, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada
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Ontario plans to give front-line wildland firefighters and pilots a $5,000 bonus and make 100 of those jobs permanent in an effort to recruit and retain more workers.
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British Columbia needs a drenching of rain to alleviate the tinder dry conditions that have forecasters worried about the potential for another difficult wildfire season.
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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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With the snow melting and the ground beginning to dry, Quebec’s forest fire protection agency is already on watch, issuing its first warnings on Thursday. CTV News reports.
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At large-scale fires or disasters, the problem always is the water supply, access, distance, manpower, and time. Hytrans (Netherlands) developed a mobile water transport system, featuring hydraulically driven submersible pumps, containers for high-speed hose laying, large-diameter hoses, and hose recovery systems, to overcome this problem. Now the global market leader with 35+ years of experience.
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From people power to moving water, how technology and innovation are changing wildfire response...
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Recent fires like Fort McMurray, Slave Lake and Lytton have shown us that the threat of wildland-urban interface fires is yet another wave of lava that the fire service is being asked to stem the flow of by going outside of the accustomed traditional models and adapting a new philosophy of modern integration between equipment, training, and tactics...
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Hytrans equipment played a significant role during the wildfires that occurred worldwide in recent years. The equipment supplied water to helicopters and firefighting vehicles over a distance of more than 6 km, which increased their efficiency. With more than 1250 systems installed in over 50 countries, Hytrans is proud to support the most demanding emergency response teams.
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This Canadian wildfire season has surely been unprecedented. Ironically, around this time last year, we were saying the same of 2022. A similar narrative played out during this record-breaking year. Wonder what the 2024 wildfire season will bring...
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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...
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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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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