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B.C. Fire Specialists to Tackle Australia's Bushfires

January 5, 2007

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Minister of Forests and Range Rich Coleman with some of the B.C. fire specialists being deployed to Australia for a 40-day mission: Plans Section Chief Ron Kassian of the South East Fire Centre in Castlegar and Incident Commander Larry Osachoff of the Kamloops Fire Centre. Minister of Forests and Range Rich Coleman takes questions from the media about the deployment of B.C.’s fire specialists to Australia. The staff will assist their Australian counterparts in responding to an extreme fire season in the State of Victoria.
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