A Chilliwack Mountain neighbourhood served as the backdrop for a new urban-wildfire training course for 128 eastern Fraser Valley firefighters.
For five days, selected crews came from Chilliwack, Mission, the Chilliwack River Valley, Agassiz, Popkum and Abbotsford firehalls to engage in the training, led by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF).
The course, Responding to the Interface, put crews through a mock scenario of a wildfire burning through a neighbourhood.
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