The sopfeu in the process of breaking a record of firefighters deployed

With the forest fires that rage all over the country, the SOPFEU sent 393 of its members to help the Canadian provinces undermined by the flames. So that the organization could break a record for the number of employees sent in a single season.

At Jean-Lesage de Québec airport, the clock has just ringed 9 a.m. One hundred forest firefighters are preparing to fly to west Canadian.

We have a major firefighter departure […] To go to Saskatchewan and another part that will go to Manitoba for a working time of 14 days […] There are a lot of lights burn there right nowsays Stéphane Caron, coordinator for prevention and communications at SOPFEU.

So far, 360 forest firefighters and 33 specialists and representatives have been sent to other provinces.

This summer in Quebec, The situation is rather calmadmits Stéphane Caron. Dated July 23, there had been 149 lights active in the province. The average of the last ten years is rather at 352.

This is why sopfeu can afford to redirect its employees who want it elsewhere in the country. So much so that the organization could soon exceed the record number of 454 employees sent in reinforcement in 2021.

With another departure from firefighters, a new mission, we could easily break this recordadvance Mr. Caron.

With the lights that are raging, it is fort probable May the record be broken.

We see that the situation continues to be worrying. Once there are big lights like that, it still takes several weeks to ensure the extinction of all hot spots. So, even if the weather becomes favorable to the combat of fires, there is still a lot of work to be doneexplains the prevention and communications coordinator.

Moreover, another brand has been reached, this time with regard to loaned aircraft.

There are a lot of tankers who are currently loaned to other provinces. We have a thermovision detection plane in Ontario, we have two tanker planes in Saskatchewan, we have two in Manitoba, then we also have two in Newfoundland and Labradorhe mentions.

With the collaboration of Rosalie Sinclair