By The Staff The Canadian Press
Posted October 4, 2024 11:09 am
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Halifax Professional Fire Fighters outline concerns with HRFE Wildfire Management/Post Incident Analysis
The Nova Scotia authorities is getting caller helicopters to combat wildfires, with a declaration worthy much than $25 cardinal with aerospace elephantine Airbus.
The Natural Resources Department says the craft volition regenerate its fleet of 4 helicopters that are presently utilized arsenic h2o bombers.
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Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton said Thursday that wealth from a trade-in oregon merchantability of the existing helicopters volition beryllium utilized to bring down the acquisition terms of the caller aircraft.
The section says the archetypal of the caller helicopters is expected to beryllium delivered adjacent summer.
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A associated $25.6-million five-year statement with Ottawa for grooming and the acquisition of firefighting instrumentality is helping the state with the chopper purchase.
The section says the declaration with Airbus was signed past winter.
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This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Oct. 4, 2024.
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