Off Topic but kudos to all of you who were on the fires last year. I was in Crowsnest, Kelowna and Cranbrook with SafetyBOSS (Think big yellow airport fire trucks) and those members of the CF who I saw did very well!! Again, GOOD JOB
As for this year, things are looking worse by the day. Canada is currently at a Level 4 Description (Bad, but not un manageable) BC currently has crews from Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Alaska fighting hard. The need for more pers may not be immediate but if things keep going the way they are and even heat up then there will be a huge need for more. Already we are well past the point that we have been in previous years, it could get very, very bad this year. Last year I spoke to a fire behavior analyst and he said that the next five years are going to get progressively worse, now it all depends where the fires occur, if there's smoke but it's way out in nowhere then you may not see it actioned like it would be if it were an interface fire (One close to residents) Time will tell, last year was not bad compared to 2002, but the interface scenarios were not near as prevalent
Cheers