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Now, for irony, watch Alberta flip NDP Provincially while BC is Conservative…

Depends on the Department. Trenton? Probably not. The big army training bases? You bet.

Can PZL build Seahawks? Asking for a friend…

Aircraft contracted to DND have to be under our airworthiness and follow our flight rules while working for us. I still think ground based UGVs could give most range controls in Canada a 90% solution for initial attacks for fraction of the price of aircraft based solutions.

It really depends on the base and geography dictates. Some places have cut lines. Others have roads or plowed firebreaks around the perimeter of the impact area.

Having been responsible for an RTA at one point in my career, I can tell you that generally speaking we rely on human firefighters to wait until the fire reaches the perimeter of an impact area before fighting the fire. There was one case where I had stern words with my fire chief after I...

Honestly, the Army could move on this issue, today.

Where are the water bombers coming from? Province? CAF? Contractor? Each of those “solutions” causes problems on their own. A UGV solution gives each range control in Canada a built in resource they currently do not have to suppress fire in impact areas.

UGVs actually make the most sense. You can send them into a impact area full of blinds, towing or carrying a good quantity of water, with no humans in the danger area. I hope the BOI takes a look at this.

You just wait until the Nov UCP convention when Rath and his separatist minions try to seize control of the party from Smith and take Alberta where they want, referendum results be damned.

Since the Airborne Regiment went away, I don’t think there are any medical officers that are parachute qualified, except by coincidence that they got the course in a previous career path.

No. There will be an MO on base that acts as their medical director.

I happened to be in central Alberta when that cold front passed through. Environment Canada forecasted winds 50 gusting 80 kmh and there was no weather warning that I saw. What we actually got locally where I was at was 80 gusting 120kmh, causing widespread power outages and wind damage.

I am not sure what the answer is. Beyond the NoK notification system, which is set up for single digit casualties at one time, the Assisting Officer requirements out of this one incident will eat all of 1 Brigade, if not also significantly impact the Army for months to come.

That BoI is going to be a monster.