Minister says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and B.C. to install in Ca

Minister says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and B.C. to   install  in California


OTTAWA — Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will   assist  combat  wildfires in California, and the federal   authorities  is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to   install  assets .

Sajjan says in a social media   put up  that 60 firefighters from   the 2  provinces   might be  deployed as   quickly  as Monday, and that Canadian   officers  are   running  to   discover  and   put together  extra  assets  to   ship  withinside the  days ahead.



He says   withinside the  put up  that, "Our American   pals  have   requested  for   assist  to   combat  the wildfires in California and Team Canada is responding," and he concludes with, "Neighbours   assisting  neighbours."

A spokeswoman for Sajjan confirms in an   e mail  that Canada has   acquired  and   accepted  an   reliable  request for   assist .

Alberta   introduced  closing  week that   it's far  sending   as much as  forty  wildland firefighters with   extra  personnel, waterbombers and   shriveled  night time -  imaginative and prescient  helicopters   geared up  to   install .

B.C.'s forests minister, meanwhile, has   stated  a   group  from the province's wildfire   carrier  left for California on Saturday afternoon to   assist  warfare  the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.


Quebec   stated  Friday   it'll  ship    extra  firefighting   plane  to California,   an afternoon  after   one of the  province's water bombers collided with a drone   even as  struggling with  the wildfires. The Canadian-made CL-415   become  one of the  province's     planes that   become  already   assisting  withinside the  wildfire.

Their crews are   despatched  to California   each  fall as   a part of  an annual   settlement  that has been in   vicinity  for   extra  than 30 years.

The   huge  fires have killed   sixteen  human beings  and 150,000   human beings  in Los Angeles County are   beneathneath  evacuation orders.

Alberta's Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen   stated  on social media on Saturday that the   forty  firefighters from Alberta are a "  skilled  and experienced"   group  of Type 1 wildland firefighters.

"  I even have  spoken   immediately  to Cal Fire and to the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to   guarantee  them that Alberta   is ready  to   aid  them   of their  ongoing efforts," Loewen   stated  in his   put up .

Loewen   stated  extra  Type 1 firefighters, incident command personnel, and   certified  aid  workforce  are   geared up  to go, if requested.

He   delivered  that Alberta   is likewise  making ready  its water bombers, pilots, and   shriveled  night time  imaginative and prescient  helicopters to   help  in California.

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