The department of environment, forestry and fisheries has deployed more than 200 firefighters and management to the Canadian province of Alberta to combat the ravaging wildfire season that has seen over 18000 people placed under evacuation
The aid comes after the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre asked for urgent assistance in terms of a memorandum of understanding. between Canada and SA. Photo: Supplied.
The department's minister, Barbara Creecy, not only wished the deployees well, but also implored them to fly South Africa's flag high as they assisted to extinguish the fires raging in Alberta.You go to Canada to raise the South African flag and share your expertise and camaraderie with colleagues from other Canadian provinces to save lives, homes, businesses and large swathes of vegetation.
The department announced that the firefighters and 15 managers would leave for Canada on a chartered aircraft from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport on June 3 in the afternoon.“The deployment will see the team assist firefighters in Canada for 35 days. A second team of 200 firefighters and 13 managers will join the crew in Alberta in a week,” said department spokesperson Peter Mbelengwa.
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