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B.C. Ready for Fire Season with New Crews, Equipment

April 17, 2004

	Pictured in front of a Convair 580 air tanker on the tarmac at the Kamloops Air Tanker Base, Premier Gordon Campbell and Forests Minister Michael de Jong met April 17 with initial attack crew and unit crew members Steve Schell, Steve Bucher, Hugh Murdoch, Raymond Dick, Kevin Antoine, Darcy Saul, Mike Narcisse, Travis Abbey and Denis Gaudry.
	The Premier announced that the province is ready for the upcoming fire season. The government is implementing all 42 of the Filmon Fire Review recommendations and is putting in place five new unit crews, two more air tankers, and additional funding for municipalities to improve interface fire management.