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Fire-prone Australia relies on mostly unpaid, local brigades to defend against disaster. Canada could look to them for lessons as climate change heats up

Fire-prone Australia relies on mostly unpaid, local brigades to defend against disaster. Canada could look to them for lessons as climate change heats up

Fire-prone Australia relies on mostly unpaid, local brigades to defend against disaster. Canada could look to them for lessons as climate change heats up

Fire-prone Australia relies on mostly unpaid, local brigades to defend against disaster. Canada could look to them for lessons as climate change heats up

The Prince George Fire Centre (PGFC) said Monday that the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is winding down the number of resources responding to fires in the North Peace Complex due to reduced wildfire activity.

A state of local emergency has been declared in Kamloops. The City made the decision under the Emergency Program Act in response to e...

The declaration was made to allow installation of urgent erosion protection under emergency works provisions

Provincial and local authorities need to do more to involve First Nations in their emergency management plans, says Stó:lo Tribal Council Chief Tyrone McNeil. 

BC has long faced ‘gaps’ in emergency aid that compound the nightmare. Evacuees told us what needs fixing. A Tyee special report.

Emergency management discussed at AVICC convention in Nanaimo