• phx@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    ERT showed footage of the plane dropping water over a fire, then crashing into a hillside and bursting into flames

    Well, that seems counterproductive.

    It also seems strange to me that Canada has planes in other countries fighting fires while at the same time battling raging fires at home (I believe the amount of land burned in BC alone exceeds the area of some countries) and similarly calling in international aid to help fight fires.

    (I don’t begrudge Greece any assistance -their fire situation also sucks - it just seems weird)

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      1 year ago

      Forrest fire aid is a great example of global cooperation. Australia is in their winter currently and has sent a bunch of firefighters to Canada to help out, and when its winter in Canada and our fires have slowed down, we’ll do the same to help them. Also I don’t think that aircraft was run / operated by Canadians, just made by, Canadair is a maunufacturer.

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        1 year ago

        Agreed, here. I think those planes were not part of the current firefighting contract and were oddly not available for us in Canada.

        I don’t remember much, but I do remember the contract news a ways back and how it means these iconic planes would not be on the front line.