Incredible how wrong the policy was then. Not letting the forest clear itself out with occasional fires has allowed the buildup of so much fuel in underbrush and small, dead trees that now there is no way to stop a fire from taking out everything it touches. We are paying for it now.
Their main objective was to protect the logging industry then, it would’ve been different if they actually gotten around to logging all those areas by now, but obviously that didn’t happen now we pay for it
They need to let the open bush burn naturally now that we know of the importance of actual fire to the forest but when it comes to human settlement in BC we need some of the more aggressive policy. BC used to actually be able to draft it's adult population which outlived the federal Canadian military draft and as a modern version IMO BC wildfire needs something similar to what the reserves are in the military because there's no shortage of willing volunteers to fight fires when they threaten their homes but BCWS turns away most of them when they call because BCWS is mostly made up of full time positions of which there can only be so many and people who try to fight fires on their own are often understandably frowned on by the authorities for risking their lives without training. Having local volunteers who meet every so often to have the proper training that can report for duty when needed seems like the missing link we need.
This,I believe we need back here. 24/7 fire towers instead of trusting these satellites to tell us. I've been here my 67 years of life and back in the day don't remember have forest fires like we now experience every year now. Climate change or not.
Getting paid to have a premium view of the scenery, I could only dream of a job that good now
Incredible how wrong the policy was then. Not letting the forest clear itself out with occasional fires has allowed the buildup of so much fuel in underbrush and small, dead trees that now there is no way to stop a fire from taking out everything it touches. We are paying for it now.
Their main objective was to protect the logging industry then, it would’ve been different if they actually gotten around to logging all those areas by now, but obviously that didn’t happen now we pay for it
They need to let the open bush burn naturally now that we know of the importance of actual fire to the forest but when it comes to human settlement in BC we need some of the more aggressive policy. BC used to actually be able to draft it's adult population which outlived the federal Canadian military draft and as a modern version IMO BC wildfire needs something similar to what the reserves are in the military because there's no shortage of willing volunteers to fight fires when they threaten their homes but BCWS turns away most of them when they call because BCWS is mostly made up of full time positions of which there can only be so many and people who try to fight fires on their own are often understandably frowned on by the authorities for risking their lives without training. Having local volunteers who meet every so often to have the proper training that can report for duty when needed seems like the missing link we need.
This,I believe we need back here. 24/7 fire towers instead of trusting these satellites to tell us. I've been here my 67 years of life and back in the day don't remember have forest fires like we now experience every year now. Climate change or not.
There is probably a case for some lockouts but the data of the last 20 years cleary show a major shift in fire seasons from the period of 1911 to 2001
@@BCHistory ..... very true. We don't want another fire season like the late 50's when many millions of acres burned in the Northwest.
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