Title:
Facilitation of Australian Deployment
Agreement Number:
FIRENFC-23
Agreement Value:
$786,826.00
Agreement Date:
Jul 23, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
Description:
The objective of the Project is to provide immediate assistance to provincial Canadian wildfire agencies who are requesting international assistance of highly qualified wildland firefighting personnel. This Project will support the facilitation of charter aircraft as well as providing financial support to cover the costs of mandatory hotel quarantine requirements. The Proponent, the Province of British Columbia, the Province of Ontario and the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (the Australian and New Zealand equivalent of the Proponent), New South Wales and Western Australia have finalized an arrangement through which 60 Australian personnel will be deploying to Canada (British Columbia and Ontario). The Proponent has arranged a chartered mixed cargo flight that will transport the personnel through Vancouver International Airport to their ultimate destinations within Canada.
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:
This Project will increase the number of available qualified human resources required by provincial agencies in their response to wildfire. This Project will increase the capacity of active fire agencies and enhance the health and safety of Canadians.
Location:
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, CA R3H 1A6
Reference Number:
115-2021-2022-Q4-11636
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
Amendment: Value / Award previously disclosed for the 2nd Quarter of 2021-2022.
Amendment Date
Jan 26, 2022
Recipient's Operating Name:
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
Recipient's Legal Name:
CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE
Program:
Wildland Fire Resilience
Program Purpose:
The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.