Wrapping up another crazy fire year. The last couple of years have been unprecedented fire seasons which have forced the provincial government to declare back-to-back State of Emergencies. 2017 racked up a total of 1.2 million hectares burnt with 2018 surpassing with a total of 1.3 million hectares. Considering the average hectares burnt over the last 10 years sits at around 151,041 it’s needless to say the BC wildfire services capacity to handle these anomalies gets quickly overwhelmed.
This post chronicles the Telkwa Rangers 2018 season. Our deployments took us across the province fighting fires in the North West, Prince George and Kamloops Fire Centres.
