Wildfires can strike any community throughout the warmer months, even in places that might not experience wildfire season too often.
To get ahead of wildfire protection before it happens, a Kelowna-based wildlife protection company is expanding to help Canadians on the Atlantic coast.
WASP Wildfire is expanding as it announced the launch of WASP Wildfire Atlantic on Thursday, Feb. 5, which will cover New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
“We’re excited to bring our expertise to the Maritimes,” said Randy Cowling, President and CEO of WASP Wildfire. “Our expansion into Atlantic Canada allows us to deliver proven structure protection equipment, real deployment experience, and faster local support to communities that are facing a changing wildfire reality.”
While the Maritimes doesn’t see large-scaled wildfires like the Central Okanagan, changing climate conditions and longer dry seasons pose a higher risk of wildfires in the area, which brings the need of specialized, locally available wildfire protection resources.
“WASP Wildfire Atlantic was established to meet these evolving needs by providing regional access to proven wildfire protection systems, reducing response times and logistical delays, and supporting local fire departments, municipalities, utilities, and private industry. The expansion also reinforces WASP’s commitment to strengthening community resilience through preparedness, training, and reliable equipment availability,” reads the release.
The company supplies protection equipment across the country to over 250 fire departments, First Nations emergency services and provincial wildfire agencies.
More information is available on the WASP Wildfire website.