A Delta company whose water buckets are being used for helicopter firefighting in B.C., as well as in more than 100 countries, is appealing to the Canadian military to equip its aircraft so it can help supplement beleaguered B.C. pilots in battling back wildfires.
The Delta company keeps a relatively low profile, quietly selling to defence departments and private companies around the world, but its B.C.-based employees are speaking up because they say it makes no sense that Canada is one of the only major countries not using its military to help provinces during increasingly-difficult wildfire seasons.
The idea of national firefighting resources has been a topic of debate this year as several provinces battle severe forest fires. “One of the areas we canvassed during our tours, that I canvassed with him, was is there an opportunity for the federal government to have more capital that they can deploy across the country, the planes, the water bombers, the helicopters that can bomb water or fire retardant?” Eby said in an interview.
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