{"id":2271,"date":"2020-06-26T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2020-06-26T11:51:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:51:02","slug":"forest-fire-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=2271","title":{"rendered":"Forest fire report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Bev Wigney<\/p>\n

Here is a link to the story with Phlis McGregor about the recent\u00a0forest fires that took place on previously harvested parcels of Crown\u00a0Land. The cause of at least two has been determined to be “tracked\u00a0machinery sparking on rock” but the cause of the other fires is not\u00a0being disclosed.<\/p>\n

I was interviewed on the topic of whether Nova Scotia should befollowing New Brunswick’s lead of calling a halt to forestry operations on Crown Land during these times of heat and drought. I\u00a0have several reasons for concern.<\/p>\n

First, this is loss of forest when\u00a0it could be prevented.<\/p>\n

Second, it is loss of wildlife that are being\u00a0destroyed along with habitat during these fires.<\/p>\n

Third, all of these\u00a0larger fires we attended by VFDs from many locations and had their \u00a0crews tied up for many hours far from their stations — meaning that\u00a0this reduced the number of crews that could have responded to\u00a0structure or other fires near their home ground.<\/p>\n

Fourth, I don’t\u00a0think our typical VFDs are properly equipped to be fighting forest\u00a0fires.\u00a0 The New Brunswick article on this topic stated how much\u00a0equipment they have and I’m certain it is far more than we have here
\nin NS — and JD Irving is having forwarding machines built to carry\u00a0big tanks for firefighting.\u00a0 If even with all of that, they feel the\u00a0risk in the forests is too great right now, why is NS “not” closing the forests during peak periods of heat and drought?<\/p>\n

By the way, I urge people to listen to these segments when they are\u00a0posted.\u00a0 I have asked why some of the segments aren’t been posted to\u00a0listen to later and it’s because not enough people are listening to\u00a0them.\u00a0 They choose one or two segments per day to put up online for\u00a0later listening and if no one is listening to the forestry related\u00a0ones, they won’t be posted — so do try to listen in.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-27-information-morning-ns\/clip\/15784139-call-for-ban-on-forestry-during-hot-dry-weather<\/a><\/p>\n

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