Recent content by foresterab

Will follow up to say that I'm not aware of any municipal based IMT's being deployed via CIFFC inter-provincially for wildfires. Part of the issue is the difference between agency training both locally and provincially. Fire Departments for example tend to use the NFPA numbered series...

Ironically I've been watching for the last week pipe deliveries showing up nearby. Rail car after railcar. 3 48" diameter pipes per transport truck. Deliver to the laydown yard which is covered in swamp mats to prevent mud issues. Guessing construction starting in August (post migratory...

Used to be sawmill then OSB in Fort Nelson. Last I heard it's closed down in part due to shipping costs of finished product and fiber losses from recent years fires. Fort St. John had a large sawmill - now closed down. Shipping costs used to be an issue and they have also had some serious...

I was in Sydney Australia recently and was amazed at how they had addressed part of the mass transit challenges. 1. Very clear and efficient toll highway system of which significant portions are tunnels. 3 lanes each direction built to shorten routes via underground access. 45 min cab ride...

CAN TF2 is pretty much closed as well from what I understand. Although they do draw from a wide range both size and geographically from municipal gov'ts amongst others. Team Rubicon and the Red Cross are the two best known "open" groups who deploy to assist....for very different roles...

That's my experience too. They're Cabins in the west...until NW Ontario where they're Camps. Cottages in S. Ontario. Chalets occasionally in NE francophone Ontario but more a Quebec term...and then Cabins again in mid-NB. Chalets out west are all ski hill related and Camps tend to...

Northern Ontario has a ton of great areas....especially if you like isolated :). But now we're getting into the realm of Camp vs. Cottage vs. Chalet and what part of north do you mean?

I'm very hesitant on conservation easements....while many are okay...some are permanent injunctions on the property that may affect things down the road. Or inadvertently trigger additional rules that normally wouldn't be involved... But a few examples just to show how widely they vary.. New...

Again I can't highlight enough the value of investigating woodlot options. One I toured years ago in Pembrooke area of s. Ontario was paying over $250,000 LESS tax due to the woodlot designation due to being a large area of forested land in the middle of cottages....municipality by default...

It's a huge issue we often start to overlap into....why aren't you pulling resources off protecting the local town/water treatment plant and protect my off grid oasis in the middle of burning forest...One of many reasons Wildland Urban Interface fires suck. Reality is many folks don't have home...

At least locally here to get a development permit they are quite strict on the access and zoning. Too many folks built structures on goat trails that don't allow for fire engines to respond to fires and/or school busses can't access. So things like road approaches and access road...

The tactical cell tower can be great...however at least the ones I've seen used are limited to a relatively small area good for a command post. One of the real problems noticed in recent years is with the cell phones going to more specific frequencies for 4G and 5G networks the actual...

I look at that picture and have flashbacks to Tata trucks coming out of India when working overseas. And that's what the new owner bought...an engine attached to a frame and enough basics to steer it. Everything else was built/jury rigged onsite by local fabricators. Some were...

Yes...that is my understanding as well...but a different type of "pig". I don't know all the ins and outs....just a common topic with friends working in the oilpatch and get the occasionally end up dealing with some aspects of the industry. Problem with splitting flows is chemical...

One of the many lessons learned over the years is the value of dual pipelines. While most are dedicated to a specific flow you have to understand most large pipelines work more like naval ships do with floatation compartments (apologies to the navy folks for not having terminology right) and...