Fletcher: Hype doesn’t help firefighting efforts – Kamloops This Week

Kamloops This Week Fletcher: Hype doesn’t help firefighting effortsKamloops This WeekComing off the coldest winter in recorded history for much of B.C. and a cold, wet spring, I’ve been waiting for someone to blame the latest round of forest fires on conditions created by human-caused global warming. B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver …and more » Powered […]

Yukon sending money, firefighting equipment to wildfire-stricken British Columbia – Yukon News

Yukon News Yukon sending money, firefighting equipment to wildfire-stricken British ColumbiaYukon NewsThe Yukon is sending money and firefighting equipment down to British Columbia to aid the province in its fight against wildfires raging across the Interior. The Yukon government will donate $25,000 to the Canadian Red Cross, which is supporting tens …BC wildfires: Australian firefighters […]

Ukrainian firefighting plane helps with Montenegro wildfires – National Post

National Post Ukrainian firefighting plane helps with Montenegro wildfiresNational PostPODGORICA, Montenegro — A plane from Ukraine has joined firefighting efforts in Montenegro after the country asked for international help to battle wildfires raging along the Adriatic coast. Authorities say help also will arrive from Switzerland and … Powered by WPeMatico

Elite Nova Scotia firefighters assist wildfire effort

July 18, 2017, Halifax -A group of elite Nova Scotia firefighters will join the front lines battling wildfires burning across British Columbia. Twenty highly-trained firefighters and a manager will board a chartered plane in Halifax that is transporting firefighters from across the region to Kamloops and Prince George in the British Columbia interior on Tuesday. […]

Vancouver crews dispatched to fight wildfires

July 18, 2017, Vancouver – Several Vancouver firefighters and emergency response personnel have been sent to help fight some of the wildfires raging in B.C.’s interior. Last week, six members of Canada Task Force-1, Vancouver’s heavy urban search and rescue team, headed the provincial emergency operations centres in Prince George and Kamloops. The Vancouver Courier […]

Sutherland Road fire exposes unique rural firefighting agreement – Prince George Citizen

Prince George Citizen Sutherland Road fire exposes unique rural firefighting agreementPrince George CitizenTake the Sutherland Road fire, which has been burning for more than a week north east of the community of Fort Fraser, about 135 kilometres west of Prince George. The nearly 16-square-kilometre fire was first spotted on July 7 by a nearby resident, […]