Thank you, Mr. Chair. The department responds to forest fires in accordance with the forest fire management policy of the Government of the Northwest Territories. Inside that policy, there are provisions for looking at different values that are at risk from forest fires. When a forest fire season comes along, decisions can be made at the regional level with respect to whether a fire should be fought or not. Once a fire has had some action taken on it, the fire can be continued to be fought if certain conditions are met. There are cases where fires won't be fought because they are not affecting values that are high enough on the scale of values at risk. Our first priority in our value system is human life and property. We are primarily concerned with the protection of communities and the property around community areas. That is where we put our emphasis. If we are busy with fires and we are having high danger ratings and threats of fires occurring, we must place our emphasis on community areas first and so, from time to time, there are fires that we cannot take direct action on on any given day during a fire season. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Bailey on Committee Motion 28-15(4): Recommendation That Maca And Enr Draft Stay Clean Strategies For Communities, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 28-15(4): Recommendation That Maca And Enr Draft Stay Clean Strategies For Communities, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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