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Effects of wildfires seeps into Lamont County Smoky haze causes air quality warning By KERRY ANDERSON Many areas of Alberta, including the Edmonton area, were issued several health warnings last week from Environment Canada due to poor air quality because of the smoke from both NWT and BC wildfires burning out of control. Several times last week, the smoke had drifted into the Lamont County region. "Smoke is causing poor air quality and reducing visibility over much of Alberta," said the government department last week. "Forest fires burning in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia and Alberta were spreading
smoke across many parts of Alberta." Just Sunday over 2,000 residents of West Kelowna were allowed back to their homes, but are on alert for another evacuation. Cooler temperatures and higher humidity on the weekend have allowed firefighters to contain 50 per cent of the blaze (up from 30 per cent). "People with respiratory conditions (such as copd and asthma) or existing cardiovascular conditions (such as angina, previous heart attack and congestive heart failure), should monitor their symptoms and consult a physician if they worsen. People are encouraged to reduce or postpone outdoor activities when
Wildfire near Hudson’s Hope, BC taken by firefighter Fred Hardenberg. an air quality warning is in effect. It had normalized by the weekend. Edmonton's air quality health index last week reached as high as seven, which should be considered a high risk. Firefighters continue to try to control the fires, but several evacuations orders have been issued including Hudson's Hope, a town close to Fort St. John; and West Kelowna. Another 188 fires are burning in Northwest Territories. A 160,000 hectare fire there continues to generate heavy smoke
and Highway 3 has been shutdown by officials periodically. The area hasn’t had any substantial rain since the spring melt. Warm, dry conditions are the forecast for the upcoming week. Last week firefighters arrived from Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Alberta to contain the blazes. In Alberta, more than 270 firefighters are battling wildfires, one of which sparked an evacuation order in the MD of Greenview No. 16, south of Grande Prairie, due to a fire burning across the border with B.C.
Fire departments learn extraction training at Mundare By Jaimee Russnak Caribou Publishing
On July 6 four out of five Lamont County Fire Departments met in Mundare for a day of vehicle extrication training. Members of Lamont, Mundare, Bruderheim and Chipman Fire Departments participated in the training course, which involved both theory and practical application, led by Randy Schmitz. Schmitz is a member of the Calgary Fire Department and also works as an extri-
cation instructor and competition judge throughout North America, as well as a contributing writer at the Canadian Firefighter Magazine. Mundare Fire Chief Glenda Dales said that the members of the various fire departments were very lucky to share in his wealth of knowledge and expertise. She said that Schmitz has been providing an annual extrication training
course in Mundare for six years now and each year is very valuable as both a refresher course and to provide opportunity for the firefighting crews to learn of new techniques and tools. “Things are always changing and we want to stay up-to-date to provide the best service we can,� she said. According to Dales this year’s training course offered very unique extrica-
tion techniques. She said that in practicing they used an upside down car and bent it in half so that it was shaped like the letter L, and were taught to extricate the person inside through the back. Dales said two cars, donated from Vegreville Towing, were torn apart in practice as members put their new knowledge to the task. Dales said the day was very informative and they look forward to the next training session to further their knowledge.