Heli Ops Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Does anyone known when the fire season starts and finishes. Obviously each year is different but wanted to get a general idea of when it starts and finishes. Thanks Heli Ops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmonic_Vibe Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 The season "generally" starts in early May (give or take a month) and "generally" is done by mid-september, although in exceptional years can run well into October. I use "generally" a lot because there are numerous exceptions, but these ranges hold if you look back over the last couple of decades. HV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawddawg Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 how has the season been in eastern Canada for fires this year much on the go? Above or below average? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t34ag Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 We had one big fire in the Moncton area but since then you couldn't light a fire with a blow torch :down: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIC Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 The fire season in Saskatchewan was one of the slowest ever. The province had several large fires up in the far north that were under observation but the southern portion of the forest saw little to no fires at all. Today is the last day of our 90 day contract and we didn't even break the 60 hour mark for the duration. How is that for lack of activity? All summer, we fought boredom much more than we fought fires... Well, there's always next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGP Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 ####....that fire in Alberta in Nov. was also actioned by a buddy of mine flying a Midwest 204...they got lost in the snow storm...running low on fuel they had to park in a swamp overnight...just about froze to death sleeping in the bell hotel...had to call in a machine in the a.m. for fuel...me thinks that was the last time he worked for AFS....his choice I believe....think they were working out of MacMurry..... :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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