Fire seasons? Ontario forest fires burn all year around.
firebyte@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We already do. Though the issue now is that northern and southern hemisphere fire seasons are increasingly overlapping, making sharing firefighting aircraft much more difficult.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I didn’t know that! They should make a diplomatic/political event of solidarity, a great global migration of firefighting aircraft shared by nations all trying to mitigate climate change and preserve human and natural landscapes!!?
Why doesn’t everyone know about this!? The story sells itself.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Can’t speak for Canadian news, but Australian news gives it a mention every now and then. It’s been going on for so long it’s kind of old news to most at this point.
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’ve often read about crews coming and going but not equipment like planes. We do hear of power company trucks heading to the US to help out in disasters there.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
cdnfirefighter.com/canada-sends-military-transpor… here’s one from 2020 when my state was pretty much entirely fire. There’s a number of articles from over the years, mainly around really bad fire seasons.
firebyte@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is in the news, though there’s usually not a huge song-and-dance about it.
Australia has regularly sent large air tankers and firefighters to the U.S. and Canada (though I’m unsure about aircraft into Canada), and most recently firefighting helicopters and firefighters to France.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yes let’s stop climate change by sending planes across the world
observes_depths@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The worlds going to burn anyway, why not just let it right. Maybe the flames will consume humanity and then the world will be saved /s