Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m glad to hear that that database does exist and now we’ve increased it by about 600 new emergency firefighters and that we’re still looking at starting that training early on in the season.

It was mentioned earlier about compensation for equipment lost to hunters and trappers, or even property, cabins. I’m not sure how many cabins or property were damaged during the last fire season, but rather than looking at increasing that budget and providing compensation to those that live on the land or those that keep their equipment on the land for hunting and trapping I think the department would be better suited moving forward in terms of creating an awareness campaign.

Based on last year, everybody knows what happened last year in the Northwest Territories and if they had a list in terms of how many properties were damaged, how many people lost equipment and that, putting, not a call-out, but just awareness of the people who live on the land or do their harvesting on the land, that they should start taking precautions early on in the season of their own so that should a fire spark next to their property that they’re not rushing out there to try to do some clearing or do some saving of property and putting other lives in danger. I think the department could be projective on this and create awareness before the dry season. Has that been discussed? Is the department looking at doing something like that early in the fire season? Thank you, Mr. Chair.