Federal And State Agencies Continue Wildland Fire Suppression Support To Canada
Federal And State Agencies Continue Wildland Fire Suppression Support To Canada
20 July 2015
published by www.nifc.gov
USA/Canada, ID. Five additional federal wildland fire suppression crews traveled to Alberta, Canada this past weekend to further assist the province with fire suppression operations. Previously, five federal fire crews, as well as thirty fireline management personnel, were sent to the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan around July 11.
The wildland fire suppression crews consisting of 20 firefighters per crew were mobilized through the National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho under a federal agreement with Canada. They come from the states of Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota, and Utah. In addition to personnel, the National Interagency Coordination Center has sent 300 radios to support operations in British Columbia. The airtanker that was sent to Alberta on July 5 returned to the United States last week.
The states of Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, through interstate forest fire compacts, are also providing wildland firefighting personnel to support the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Canada is currently experiencing an above-normal fire season; fires in the four provinces receiving assistance have burned more than six million acres this year. For more information on Canadas current fire situation, visitwww.ciffc.ca
.SDSU and SimTable are also working on an app version of the software that firefighters could pull up on their phones to receive current information from central control and track how the fire is spreadingimportant factors in keeping firefighters safe. SDSU’s primary role in the partnership is researching and testing how people use the software and how it can be made more user-friendly and intelligible.
“We’re hoping to put this into the hands of first responders who can use it to save lives and structures,” said Lance Larson, assistant director in the SDSU graduate program in homeland security.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-video-software-accurately-wildfire-movement.html#jCpSDSU and SimTable are also working on an app version of the software that firefighters could pull up on their phones to receive current information from central control and track how the fire is spreadingimportant factors in keeping firefighters safe. SDSU’s primary role in the partnership is researching and testing how people use the software and how it can be made more user-friendly and intelligible.
“We’re hoping to put this into the hands of first responders who can use it to save lives and structures,” said Lance Larson, assistant director in the SDSU graduate program in homeland security.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-video-software-accurately-wildfire-movement.html#jCSDSU and SimTable are also working on an app version of the software that firefighters could pull up on their phones to receive current information from central control and track how the fire is spreadingimportant factors in keeping firefighters safe. SDSU’s primary role in the partnership is researching and testing how people use the software and how it can be made more user-friendly and intelligible.
“We’re hoping to put this into the hands of first responders who can use it to save lives and structures,” said Lance Larson, assistant director in the SDSU graduate program in homeland security.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-video-software-accurately-wildfire-movement.html#jCpSDSU and SimTable are also working on an app version of the software that firefighters could pull up on their phones to receive current information from central control and track how the fire is spreadingimportant factors in keeping firefighters safe. SDSU’s primary role in the partnership is researching and testing how people use the software and how it can be made more user-friendly and intelligible.
“We’re hoping to put this into the hands of first responders who can use it to save lives and structures,” said Lance Larson, assistant director in the SDSU graduate program in homeland security.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-video-software-accurately-wildfire-movement.html#jCpSDSU and SimTable are also working on an app version of the software that firefighters could pull up on their phones to receive current information from central control and track how the fire is spreadingimportant factors in keeping firefighters safe. SDSU’s primary role in the partnership is researching and testing how people use the software and how it can be made more user-friendly and intelligible.
“We’re hoping to put this into the hands of first responders who can use it to save lives and structures,” said Lance Larson, assistant director in the SDSU graduate program in homeland security.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-video-software-accurately-wildfire-movement.html#jCpSDSU and SimTable are also working on an app version of the software that firefighters could pull up on their phones to receive current information from central control and track how the fire is spreadingimportant factors in keeping firefighters safe. SDSU’s primary role in the partnership is researching and testing how people use the software and how it can be made more user-friendly and intelligible.
“We’re hoping to put this into the hands of first responders who can use it to save lives and structures,” said Lance Larson, assistant director in the SDSU graduate program in homeland security.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-video-software-accurately-wildfire-movement.html#jCp
