The British Columbia Wildfire Service is paying tribute to the 19-year-old firefighter who died after being struck by a falling tree last week, calling her 'the heart of us.
The British Columbia Wildfire Service is paying tribute to the 19-year-old firefighter who died after being struck by a falling tree last week, calling her"the heart of us."
The Ministry of Emergency Management says two Canadian Armed Forces reconnaissance teams were being deployed Sunday, including a"land force team" headed for Prince George and an air force team bound for Kamloops.The wildfire service says in its statement on Twitter that Gale was an"initial attack crew member" operating out of the Columbia Fire Zone in Revelstoke.
Meanwhile, as military troops and other reinforcements fanned out across the province to combat hundreds of active wildfires, the emergency management ministry said armed forces teams will conduct assessments that will inform deployment plans for additional federal resources. The Cariboo Regional District issued an order this weekend covering 38 parcels of land in a 160-square-kilometre area around Anahim Peak, northeast of Bella Coola.
The alert had spanned a lengthy stretch of Highway 97, along with properties in a remote area north of Fort St. John, for more than two weeks.
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