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Fast response to catch him that quick. Kuddo's to the Newfoundland Constables involved. Would be worth a beer to hear the inside story if opportunity allows especially regarding how he was identified so fast/arrested. Arson is no laughing matter and while it's a high bar to determine that...

Thanks for the distinction kratz. In Alberta private is private. Unoccupied crown lands are normally free to access for recreation and forest closures are only for Crown Lands....if your land borders the Crown Land you're still required to stay off the crown land. This is a very rare...

Ponders the rate of return fire of trebuchet sling loads of 81mm mortar shells vs small caliber mortars Never mind...there's a full zero in differences in range (5km to 500m). So much for giggling at the thought of a trebuchet being used to shotgun release shells forward....definitely not...

Looks like the legislation was adjusted in early August where it's a set amount fine - no discretion options. https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/2025-160.pdf Previously it appears it was $180 fine but was adjusted in response to conditions...

That's about 200 less fires than an average season...and BC often has busy late summer/fall seasons. But the hectares involved are signficant for this year and about 3x the 25 year average for BC. Screen shot is from the CIFFC National Situation Report. - August 13th version.

Alberta has done the same in past. However it's a measure of last resort in part due to needing sufficient law enforcement presence to ensure only pre-authorized people are in the closure area (usually limited to industry assuming liability for actions). It's also further compounded by bad...

If I just think airfields then I think of three ring circus situations. 1) If a C-130 departs CFB Trenton (for lack of a better starting location) how far can it fly before it needs refueling? Is there a current large scale airport in place that can handle this task (Thunder Bay, Ontario for...

Foremost is another one that logistics type might love but also might not have seen: https://www.foremost.ca/foremost-mobile-equipment/wheeled-vehicles/ Most of the ones I know are used for specialized hauling in the oil patch. I see these occasionally used on domestic responses as they can...

100% understand the argument made. I'm just thinking back on the many different previous purchases where only the bare minimum "combat" type vehicle was purchased for the needs of the day and there was no surplus of available units to account for attrition or loss. And one thing I've learned...

100% agree there is a large component that can overlap domestic operations. But I'd rather the CAF purchase for possible overseas options rather than civilian needs. Hence why I think of only buying armoured versions. Total overkill for many missions...but then the machine is there if...

I'm pretty familiar with the Bv206's as they're a common site for crew transport on wildfire. None of the operators are mechanics...often just a farm kid tossed into the machine and told to go to work. It's the simplicity of the design that attracts my attention as much as anything. The...

Or you go to the updated version of Bv206 Hagglund which is smaller to fit better into a C-130 but still armoured and has a turret gun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BvS10 Key for me is that is being used by multiple European countries and the USA and in some larger number purchases. There...

That's a higher spread differential than I've been told by clients ($100/m3) but it is a significant difference. A few clients work both sides of the border and it's always been an interesting coffee discussion.

As I understand it the biggest employment scheme under the US Civilian Conservation Corps during the great depression was tree planting. Mostly in the SE states due to cotton and tobacco fields lacking nutrients and unable to grow food crops well. Yellow pine was a preferred species (native...

Part of the issue is that overall employment per mill has decreased drastically in the last 30 years. Same within the logging front. And trucking front. When I started my carear a log truck often only hauled 40m3 of wood....now I'm looking at 10 axle B-trains hauling 60m3 summer weight...

To be fair to Jasper National Park... The preferred mechanism would be prescribed burns...and they did conduct many low intensity burns primarily north of the community. Unfortunately due to the challanges and risk of prescribe burns this was not an option on the west side or east side to...

Oh I'm fully aware of the size of the 6 Nations vs. many bands out west. I often deal with bands of 2-300 people which create major challenge due to size of community and support needed as any community that size struggles unless they are part of something bigger. And decades of fighting...

It's funny as some of the worse days I remember growing up were due to fires in Siberia blanketing western Canada. I sit here with 4 nations working to support this wildfire...including USA resources...and there is at least a 5th on export elsewhere in Canada. But one of the barriers to doing...

That there is an excellent summery of many of the challenges. And it's the same conversations when I talk to the US, Australia, and any Canadian Province peer over futures. My Spanish isn't good enough to talk specifics with other agencies and I don't know any Afrikans. Think of it this...