Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 31 May 2019 Volume 19 Issue 8 Warning: All reasonable efforts have been made to avoid any fact-laundering in the production of this publication. All knowledge, inferences, truths, data, and findings come from legitimate sources and are transferred into the general flow of information without any false blending … Read more
Warning: In view of the pending long weekend we have gone light on fact content. Government Asks For Recommendations to Revitalize the Coast Forest Sector It’s an axiom of commerce that owners of an enterprise have two areas where they have to succeed. They first need to look after their businesses. To do that they … Read more
Warning: Some of the facts mentions in this issue may be on summer holidays. Manual Brush Saw Equipment Operaotrs Have to Play by the Manual At the risk of giving away the ending to our pending brushing and clearing equipment guidelines it all boils down to this: All equipment must be operated within the manufacturer’s … Read more
Following at six month consultation process the WSCA and key industry groups affected by high hazard forest activities defined by the B.C. Wildfire Act and Wildfire Regulation have presented guidelines intended to apply to vegetation management crews, silviculture operations and other industrial operations working with reduced road access, mobile operations and remote worksites. Read more
The BC Wildfire Act requires “If a fire starts at, or within 1 km of, the site of the industrial activity, the person carrying out the industrial activity must: (a) immediately carry out fire control and extinguish the fire, if practicable, (b) continue with fire control for the fire until (i) the fire is extinguished, … Read more
Wildland fires are dangerous. Fighting such fires is a high risk business. For instance, based on US Forest Service statistics, the most common cause of fatal incidents in the 1990 to 2000 period was burnover followed by significant fatalities in aircraft related accidents, heart attacks, and vehicle accidents. Read more