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Originally Posted by Keeleclimber
I just called and spoke with the "Wildfire Prevention Officer" in Rocky.
To date they have burnt 95ha on the Clearwater and 38ha on the Hummingbird.
The approved burn area were respectively 470ha on the Clearwater and 558ha on the Hummingbird.
It was mentioned this spring has been the "best in years" for ideal prescribed fire conditions being very dry in the west country.
All Prescribed Burns have been halted due to resources being used elsewhere to extinguish wildfires.
In the Clearwater Area (R11 Prescribed Fire Area), Recently in 2 days, 13 natural occurring wildfires were extinguished.
So let me get this straight, they are spending money to put out naturally occurring fires in R11 which is draining our budget to complete the approved prescribed fires.
Am I that only one that thinks this is ludicrous!??
I think we should get rid of our "Wildfire Prevention Officers" and employ some "Wildfire/Habitat Specialists"
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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.