Province better equipped for busy wildfire season
A busy wildfire season is officially underway in Saskatchewan, with nine new fires this month, bringing the total to 18.
Steve Roberts, executive director of the wildfire program of Saskatchewan said the department is more equipped to deal with wildfires this year in comparison to 2015, when over 600 wildfires burned throughout the province.
Over 1,700 personnel were deployed and the total cost to fight the fires came to over $100 million.
“After last year’s fire season and fire review, we’ve secured some more equipment, some more radio pumps and hoses, so we will have that already in stockpile in the warehouse for use if we need that. So we are as prepared and a little bit farther ahead than we were last year,” Roberts said.