BC Wildfire Service

BC Wildfire Service
Operational area
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
AddressVictoria, British Columbia
Agency overview[1]
Established1912
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefIan Meier
Facilities and equipment
Divisions4 crew divisions
Website
BC Wildfire Service
BC Wildfire Service personnel in 2016

BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is the wildfire suppression service of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is an element of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.[2][3]

  1. ^ "BC Government Directory, FLNR - BC Wildfire Service". dir.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. ^ Media Information, BC Wildfire Service, archived from the original on 2017-10-03, retrieved 2017-10-03
  3. ^ Derrick Penner (August 11, 2017), "B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson on hot seat with wildfires, softwood lumber talks", Vancouver Sun