Northern Alberta prepares for another intense wildfire season

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Northern Alberta had a dry winter and though the Region’s firefighters are hoping for the best they’re preparing for the worst as this year’s Wildfire season begins we’ve been preparing uh from last year you know we’ve continued with our training uh we’ve been actually very proactive as far as Wildfire

Responses with the county of Grand Perry Alberta is experiencing an El effect which is expected to last until June Al Nino usually brings higher temperatures and it’s hard to predict how much rain rainfall there will be in the spring a lot of areas that traditionally would

Still have snow on the ground right now like in is the case in the peace region in Northwestern Alberta is um starting to see the grass already exposed um so that increases fire danger and the hazard for wildfires in the county of Grand Prairie residents must now apply

For a fire permit when using outdoor fires to burn Fallen branches and yard debris high level pce River wi court and L laish Forest areas also have such fire advisories and in birchills county and Municipal District of Fairview restrictions are even more stringent in the county of Grand Prairie wildfires

Are already igniting on Friday firefighters were called to extinguish a brush fire in the Wembley area which was started by a recreational fire pet we’re going to be prepared for actioning any fires that we have that are going to be either you know grass or Wildland fires

We got to make sure that we have enough responders uh to be able to man all the trucks that we have here and then also to keep us all safe out there and then everything behind the scenes also is really important when it comes to food and and hydration and making sure that

We have people are getting ared the county is also adding new firefighters applications for full-time and part-time positions are open now people here are amazing um we do this because it’s something we love to do um we we come to work and we we thrive in these environments Dennis cofton CBC news Grand

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After an extremely dry winter, it’s expected to be another busy wildfire season in Alberta. CBC’s Dennis Kovtun takes a look at how the County of Grande Prairie is preparing to battle the blazes.

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  1. Did Justin spend more on LGBT than on forest management last year? Did enough lumber go up in literal smoke to build 3 million much needed houses and critical infrastructure? Does ai censors allow more comments posed as a question, or does the CBC just scrub them manually?

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