During my time in Slave Lake had the opportunity to lead a 5 hall, 125 members regional fire service, and search and rescue team.  In 2011 The Slave Lake Wildland Fire burned down 440 homes in our region, including 35% of the Town of Slave Lake.  This disaster prompted major changes and challenges.  Over the next 8 years we rebuilt 2 firehalls, and built a Firesmart crew (only one of its kind in Canada at that time).  We also built a 12 acre “Disaster Village” training site and started down the trail of training our people to be prepared to assist all of Alberta with disasters.  This help included:  2013 Southern Alberta floods, 8 train derailments, 2015 High Level fires, 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire that burned 10% of the City of Fort McMurray (90,000 people), and the High Level complex fires in 2019.  Our constant interagency training and exercises helped prepare thousands of responders in Alberta and beyond.

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