BC Wildfire Service

BC Wildfire Service personnel in 2016

BC Wildfire Service is the wildfire suppression service of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is an element of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.[1][2] The agency pioneered the use of Automated Flight Following for fire helicopters in the 1980s.[3] BC contracts out aerial firefighting to Conair Group of Abbotsford, BC and Air Spray, of Red Deer AB, rather than maintaining its own flight staff and equipment.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Media Information, BC Wildfire Service, retrieved 2017-10-03
  2. ↑ Derrick Penner (August 11, 2017), "B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson on hot seat with wildfires, softwood lumber talks", Vancouver Sun
  3. ↑ "Aerial Firefighting: The Dynamic Role of Helicopters", Helicopters, June 2, 2009
  4. ↑ "I want to be an aerial firefighter. What will my salary be?", The Globe and Mail, September 2, 2015
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