canadian wildfire may 2016

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Hmmm? Ninety year old Jack Pines - there's a city of log houses standing on the stump.

In case people are wondering why the military has not been mobilized, the hierarchy of mutual aid is city or rural municipality first, then the region, the province itself, and any neighbouring provinces who might be able to help.

The last line of defence is the federal govt after the lower levels have exhausted their resources. The provincial Attorney General has to make an official request to his opposite in federal government before any soldier can turn a wheel to help out. Even so, the meter starts running whenever a province asks. And troops don't come for free.