Rumour Mill RoundUpDate Volume 18 Issue 15 5 October 2018 Warning: Some of the facts in this edition may be more true than others. Will High Hopes be Leveled by Low Bids? Few would claim to have seen the invisible hand of the market. Even fewer would attempt to influence it. Nevertheless, in its recent … Read more
Industrial and forestry stakeholders have announced an IRP development process to address what kinds of fire tools and fire suppression systems are acceptable for high hazard activities as required by the Wildfire Regulation. The process is focusing on project sites where access is restricted or removed from the functioning public or resource road system. Read more
Recently the BC Government allotted $20-million in the 2005/06 budget as an answer to the “Filmon Firestorm 2003 Provincial Review”. Most of that money will go to hiring new government fire fighting crews and equipment. American wildfire fighters have undergone a major scrutiny after suffering numerous catastrophic fires in the last decade. Many of them … Read more