The Canadian government has deployed its military to the Northwest Territories to help fight the fires and coordinate evacuations.
Meanwhile, Yellowknife - the territorial capital - declared a local state of emergency on Monday night due to the “imminent threat” of wildfires. The declaration allows the city to take pre-emptive steps to respond and to prepare residents to leave at a moment’s notice.
Military airlifts hundreds to safety from fires in Northwest Territories - BBC News
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Might go from worse to Worcestershire?
They all look angry, one is particularly angry. Be happy we aren’t BC right now.
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That is either the g92940 or 92779 either way it do si doed with the wind and made a 45 degree turn. Its Going hit another fire scar soon.
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Part of this new funding will go towards increasing their night vision helicopter capacity to three contracts.
That includes two medium helicopters and one heavy helicopter equipped with night vision imaging systems that help the pilots better gauge the size of the wildfire they are dealing with.
On top of that, the province currently has 18 long term helicopter contracts available to them throughout the wildfire season.
Through this budget, they will also increase their air tanker contracts from 8 to 10 and renew 130 casual helicopter contracts by the end of March.
Because of this budget, the province will continue to use drones in firefighting capacities, because of how effective they are getting real-time information while keeping people safe.
“Drones are also able to fly over areas that would be too dangerous for piloted aircraft, which helps us collect valuable data that we otherwise wouldn’t have,” Loewen explains.
This budget will also help to continue funding the Wildfire Occurrence Prediction System, which is an AI powered tool that helps to predict the likelihood of a wildfire starting in a new area, which helps to provide additional information to those fighting the fires.
Additionally, this money will help to fund 100 new firefighters, resulting in five more 20-person crews.
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Nogah creek fire most likely going burn into the g93103 fire.
Klua lakes may burn into the Nogah and move east.
Patry fire is gonna get a lot bigger.
The Donnie has also joined the party.
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New start 50 hectacres (g90267) threatening fort nelson and muskwa.
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G90267(Parker lake fire) caused by a downed powerline.
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