Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Minister says he is expecting a “fairly substantive” request for help from British Columbia as wildfires worsen.
Bill Blair tells The Canadian Press the government operations centre has been in discussions with the province for the last several days, and Ottawa is ready to deploy the needed resources as the formal request for help is expected today.
That’s said to include military assistance for airlift evacuations from remote locations, as well as members of the military trained as firefighters who can provide “mop up” help to keep blazes from reigniting once they’ve been put out….