Municipalities asked Alberta's United Conservatives to keep aerial wildfire fighters abpoli ableg
Sheldrake recalled a case in which a car went off the road, caught fire and ignited nearby tree crowns. It took him and his crew an hour to reach the site.
“Our municipality has first-hand knowledge of the benefits of this program,” Mayor Blair Painter wrote in a letter to Dreeshen. “We believe the program is a very valuable asset in early response and prevention of wildfires growing out of control.” Heather Sweet, provincial New Democrat forestry critic, said Rapattack was vital to preventing the spread of wildfires.Article content
“Having a 10-times-worse fire event than we’ve ever seen is going to have to make us analyze what we need for baseline support,” she said. “I’ve already raised this with the civil service.”
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