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‘Doesn’t work great’: Bridging the emergency management gap for First Nations

‘Doesn’t work great’: Bridging the emergency management gap for First Nations

Brenden Mercer has been fighting fires since 2009. He’s seen the wildfire landscape change in B.C. and how communities are left to deal with emergency management, firefighting and evacuations at an increasing rate. “When I first started, you’d have big fire blowups occasionally, but over the years it seemed like these events were happening more frequently,” said Mercer. “I think …

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