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There is a persistent ideological frame in emergency management that it lies within the public and NGO sectors, leaving significant assets outside response. We chat with Kris about the role of contracted firefighting in the wildland urban interface fires of 2023 and the capabilities within the private sector to meet the expanding needs of the public sector.
An interesting discussion reflecting on the employment of a "whole of society" strategy in addressing the increasing effects of wildfires in Canada's forests, as well as the greater picture of embracing the private sector within emergency management, likely the best surge labour and equipment capacity in the nation.

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