B.C.-The British Columbia Wildfire Service has recorded its highest-ever number of applicants ahead of the 2025 season while expanding First Nations recruitment. A statement from the Forests Ministry says the service has received more than 1,700 applications since October, the highest number ever received. Nearly 580 of those came in January, the highest number in a single month. There are about 200 openings for new crew members each year, with about 1,300 wildland firefighters in total working across several different types of crews. The ministry says a dedicated training and recruitment model for First Nations is also expanding this spring, with sessions that build local capacity and strengthen relationships between communities and their local wildfire centres. It says boot camps for First Nations recruits will start in April in several…
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