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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION: BRITISH COLUMBIA’S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION COMMUNITY

Protection Program personnel can provide fire management training and consulting services to international agencies worldwide.

With over 90 years of experience in wildland fire management, the British Columbia Forest Service, Protection Program is proud to share its knowledge and expertise in wildland fire control and prevention with the international fire suppression community. The Protection Program can provide fire management consulting services, customized fire suppression training and share advice on available equipment and systems technologies. The Protection Program has partnered with emergency and land management agencies from several foreign countries on development projects, some of which were funded by the Canadian federal government. These linkages allow British Columbia to play an active role in supporting less developed organizations throughout the world to improve their capabilities to managing wildfire in their respective environments.

Since the early 1990s, the British Columbia Forest Service, Protection Program has participated in projects throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Co-operation has consisted of general information sharing such as tours of our fire control and prevention operations to specific training programs and consulting services contracts. The list of client countries to date consists of: France, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Belarus, Russia, Sweden, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Ghana, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Zambia, New Zealand and Australia. For more information on previous and coming events, view the activity summary and photo gallery.

If you are interested in obtaining further details about the Protection Program's role in the international wildland fire suppression community, please contact Shawn Bethel, International Development Specialist in Victoria, British Columbia. Telephone and fax numbers can be located through the Telephone/Address directory link at the top of this page. Thank you for your interest in the British Columbia Forest Service, Protection Program.

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