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| There have been 141 fires reported so far this season burning a total of 2,692 hectares. This is in comparison to the 20 year average of 503 fires and 414,940 hectares as of this date.
The Province has remained fairly cool and wet throughout much of the forested areas. Warmer weather is expected for the first part of September.
To date, a total of 120 Initial Attack Crewmembers and 6 Agency Representatives were deployed to British Columbia through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC). Manitoba also sent a 9 person Incident Management Team to Nanaimo.
A total of 100 Mark 3 Fire Pumps, 14 relay tanks, and 2000 lengths of fire hose were sent to supplement British Columbia’s suppression equipment needed by fire crews.
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