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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (298766)	5/7/2016 12:04:21 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 543439

'Once you've blown it Its blown''.... That's why we had the saga of the blue dress. "Eight helicopters and nine waterbombers are actively fighting Manitoba’s 24 active fires according to the province’s website." 2 years ago, we had a fire which burned 15K acres just north of me. I don't think this is the peak of the resources, but we had twice as many choppers. I'm not sure how many bomber, but one was the jet. RESOURCES ASSIGNED Fire Engines: 163 Fire Crews: 39 Bulldozers: 31 Helicopters: 15 Water Tenders: 31 Total Personnel: 1889 kyburadio.org