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Fire chiefs in Canada say they are worried about the dwindling number of volunteers available to combat the rising wildfire threat.
As Canada looks ahead to what experts fear could be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs say they are worried about the dwindling number of volunteers available to combat the rising threat.
As of 2023, there were 125,500 firefighters in Canada, of which about 88,500 were volunteers, whose departments protected 80 per cent of the country's territory.
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Canada's fire chiefs say they are worried about the dwindling number of volunteers ahead of another bad wildfire season.