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Originally Posted by Moults
I know this post I super old but I’m just reading it now. I used to be a wildland firefighter in the Clearwater area. I was involved in both fire suppression and prescribed burning. I assure you that getting these burns done safely is a lot harder than it sounds. There’s a very narrow window of conditions in which the match can be lit without either an incomplete/ineffective burn or having it get away on us and creating a major problem.
I can also assure you that the SRD folks are eager to get these burns done/ It’s well known that they need to happen.
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I can assure you that SRD's left hand doesn't always know what the right hand is doing when it comes to their wildfire policy. It causes problems when burns for wildlife/lands is at stake.
Check out this old thread.
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...=willmore+fire
What happened here is Fire Suppression began an attack to put out this wildfire without knowing that this area of the Park is under a Wildfire management plan. Wildfires are to be allowed to burn.
When I raised the alarm in an attempt to have Fire suppression retreat, they howled like a beat hound. They just couldn't understand that they had to leave this fire to burn. Fortunately others in SRD carried a big stick.... Happy days in the end, we got Alberta Wildfire to back off and a Great burn.
If your not too busy, get in touch with WSFAB, they could use your experience.