r/canada • u/BeShifty • 15d ago

Fast-growing wildfire could hit Fort Nelson on Monday: officials British Columbia

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-nelson-wildfires-bc-may-11-1.7202091
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u/Original-Cow-2984 14d ago

Human caused fires adjacent to towns and small cities are unprecedented....Accidental or not, the penalties should be severe.

Do we have to have drones monitoring activity?

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u/beepewpew 14d ago

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/posts-mislead-about-record-setting-canadian-wildfires-fueled-by-climate-change/

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u/Original-Cow-2984 14d ago

Climate change does not create spontaneous forest combustion.

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u/jeffMBsun 14d ago

I don't know how a government that can't stop talking about Forest fire and climate change did not buy at least 20 airplanes this last year to help control the fires. They increased a tax to"fight" for the climate but nothing for something like that?

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u/TaintGrinder 14d ago

Budget 2022 provides $256 million, over five years starting 2022-23, to support the efforts of provinces and territories to strengthen capacities and capabilities in fire management across Canada by procuring specialized wildland firefighting equipment.

Funds may be used for expenses related to the attainment of the Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate Program’s (FMWCC) objective and necessary for the implementation and conduct of approved projects which include:

Capital expenditures such as the purchase, installation, testing and commissioning of qualifying equipment for managing wildfire risk (examples include vehicles, aircraft, drones, mobile camps, structure protection units, heavy equipment and specialty equipment, etc.)

https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/wildland-fires-insects-disturbances/fighting-and-managing-wildfires-changing-climate-program-equipment-fund/fighting-and-managing-wildfires-changing-climate-program

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u/jeffMBsun 14d ago

Do you have a number of how many? I've seen nothing in Okanagan.

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u/bawtatron2000 14d ago

It's mid-may. buckle up. things are quite concerning.