Wildland Fire Management

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Wildland Fire Management

• Axel Winter
• Alberta-Pacific Forest Ind.

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Forest Management Agreement

• Responsibility for Wildland Fire management
• Holding and Protection Fees
• Fire Control Agreement

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Fire Control Agreement

• Flexibility of resource allocation
• Limited Liability for Cost of Fire Suppression
• Annual Fire Control Plan

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Fire Control Plan

• Action Plans for fire prevention,
  presuppression, suppression
• Resources
• Training
• Annual Operating Plan

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Fire Control Plan

• Goal
• To support ASRD Forest Protection Division in
  efforts to limit the area lost to fire on the FMA
  area
• Prevention Objectives
• To develop and maintain policies and procedures
  designed to reduce the risk of fires starting as
  a result of Company operations.
• To maintain a public awareness program that will
  support the ASRD fire prevention program by
  providing fire prevention information to Company
  team members, contractors and the general public.

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Fire Control Plan

• Presuppression Objectives
• To have any Woodlands team member or contractor
  that may encounter a fire prepared to take
  appropriate action to minimize fire losses and
  report the fire to ASRD as soon as possible
• Suppression Objectives
• To report and take initial action on all fires
  discovered by Company team members and
  contractors.
• To provide assistance as requested by ASRD to
  suppress fires in emergency situations or in
  situations that exceed their capabilities on the
  FMA area.

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Why Should Industry Participate?

• Protection of company resources
• Disruptions
• Legislation
• Forest Prairie Protection Act Alta.
• Holding and protection charges

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Forest Industry Participation

• Company Priorities
• Decked timber
• Reforested areas
• Age class distribution
• Infrastructure
• Sample plots

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Forest Industry Participation

• Access
• Roads and bridges
• Access for heavy equipment
• Road maintenance
• Equipment
• Fire equipment
• Heavy equipment
• Harvesting equipment
• Portable tanks
• All terrain vehicles

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Forest Industry Participation

• Human Resources
• Fire Crews
• Overhead
• Dozer Boss/Equipment Coordinator
• Heavy equipment teams
• GIS Mapping
• Public Affairs
• Administration Accounting
• Warehousing Expediting

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Forest Industry Participation

• Public Support
• Media
• Politicians
• Community

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Forest Industry Participation

• Industry Liaison Position
• Qualifications of the position
• Dispatch to escaped fire
• Local knowledge
• Company priorities
• Company resources
• Communications

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I/C Team Participation

• Communications
• Information
• Company concerns
• Involve the Industry Liaison person as an
  integral member of the team
• Industry fire control plans
• Company tours

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I/C Team Participation

• Attitude
• Being proactive
• Safety
• Use of industry personnel
• Infrastructure
• Roads
• Audits

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Strategies

• Community Protection
• Stakeholder
• Participate on plan development for FMA
  communities.

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Strategies

• Facilities Protection
• Millsite
• Remote Log Yards

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