Parkland County and St. Albert firefighters were some of many fire departments that came to Jasper National Park’s aid when wildfires spread in the region.
Brian Cornforth, fire chief of Parkland County, Told CTV News Edmonton that he reached out to offer help at the early stages of the fire.
“We were on scene in Jasper throughout the whole fire event. During the evacuation of the incident management team, our structural protection team stayed in Jasper on the night the fire came in on Wednesday evening,” Cornforth said.
Cornforth’s crew of six set up sprinkler systems near critical infrastructure before the flames came in.
“That fire came in … very intense. Very high winds of 150 kilometres an hour or more, and high heat embers were transferred from the forest canopy into the community,” he …