professional or not sparks from camp fires cause wild fires, and judging from the pile of firewood this is not just a cooking fire.
Evan Williams - 7 years ago
I have personally put out more than one incipient forest fire in the central interior of BC. I also worked as a BC Parks volunteer for a decade in the past. Part of my job was to educate people on the Bowron Lake Canoe circuit how to properly use a campfire.
See all that water immediately available just a metre or two from the fire? All that ground that cannot burn or somehow make the fire spread? Also the breeze is blowing toward the water, not inland.
I must admit that I am somewhat biased in this matter. One of my grandsons is helping to put out these fires. He is a professional firefighter coming from Alberta to help put out all these fires. I would expect him to be able to take a short break from the very dangerous work he must now do to help save other people's property and maybe even their lives. It was just a few weeks ago I helped to save the life of a young man that was struck by lightning. Helping others runs in my family.
Justin berry - 7 years ago
The guy who plastered this photo on social media trying to feel vindicated is the same kind of fool that would expect these guys to "do their job and save his house" with flames licking at it. There is a lack of discernment on both sides but maybe it's a bigger lesson to leave your phone behind and have a normal human conversation with people and leave it at that. Nobody likes a rat...this guy is a rat.
professional or not sparks from camp fires cause wild fires, and judging from the pile of firewood this is not just a cooking fire.
I have personally put out more than one incipient forest fire in the central interior of BC. I also worked as a BC Parks volunteer for a decade in the past. Part of my job was to educate people on the Bowron Lake Canoe circuit how to properly use a campfire.
See all that water immediately available just a metre or two from the fire? All that ground that cannot burn or somehow make the fire spread? Also the breeze is blowing toward the water, not inland.
I must admit that I am somewhat biased in this matter. One of my grandsons is helping to put out these fires. He is a professional firefighter coming from Alberta to help put out all these fires. I would expect him to be able to take a short break from the very dangerous work he must now do to help save other people's property and maybe even their lives. It was just a few weeks ago I helped to save the life of a young man that was struck by lightning. Helping others runs in my family.
The guy who plastered this photo on social media trying to feel vindicated is the same kind of fool that would expect these guys to "do their job and save his house" with flames licking at it. There is a lack of discernment on both sides but maybe it's a bigger lesson to leave your phone behind and have a normal human conversation with people and leave it at that. Nobody likes a rat...this guy is a rat.