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Lack of fire mitigation measures may have exacerbated Halifax-area wildfire: report

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A report assessing Halifax’s response to a wildfire that destroyed 151 homes found that communications issues caused confusion and a lack of fire mitigation measures may have exacerbated the crisis.

A report authored by Halifax Regional Municipality staff lays out weaknesses in its response to the fire that started in a suburb northwest of the city’s downtown.

“As the municipality has grown, the maturity of the Emergency Management function has not kept pace and has remained underfunded and under-resourced,” reads the report, which is scheduled to be presented to council on Tuesday.

At a peak, more than 16,000 residents were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out on May 28 and some were prohibited from returning home for as long as 12 days. The report said the municipality’s emergency plan was last reviewed in 2018, even though reassessments are supposed to take place every three years.

Global's Skye Bryden-Blom reports.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10026278/lack-of-fire-mitigation-measures-may-have-exacerbated-halifax-area-wildfire-report/

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