What can be learned from past fires as Jasper rebuilds?

As Jasper residents look to rebuild from wildfires, what can be learned from communities devastated by past fires? Alison Bamford reports.
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[@SquirrelMaster69]

These fire are ALLOWED to happen by not preventing them.

[@ThomwoththeWeather]

National Park means letting nature do its job

[@themodsify]

...by design.

[@dennis2376]

Preventing fires is been a proven bad idea.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Carbon Tax will work. Give it time

[@wesleywesolowski3236]

TRUE / CORRECT AND BLAME ON TRUDEUA FREELAND GUILBOLD PERIOD NOTHING ELSE WILL DO BUT I DO HEAR A COVER UP GUILBOLD AND PARKS CANADA

[@gail7220]

How about going back to forest management?

[@VladimirAntonov27]

Hmmm Trump said that in 2016

[@Tomn8er]

So nothing about the lack of proper forest management? Just continue to allow tons of dead trees to stand right next to a town? Great strategy.

[@ChrisWRR]

Yeah funny how they never talk about that.

[@triplemotor]

Very sad indeed, isn't it Tom..?

[@ttonAb2]

Maybe because they did something about the trees next to town.

[@petefraser5097]

Imagine if instead of bragging about the future of vertical farming lettuce universities focused on the impact of cleaning deadfall out of forests. You reduce forest fires and available carbon in the atmosphere at the same time. Unfortunately you remove reasons for the government to scare you and tax you for nothing so it will never happen 😊

[@ThomwoththeWeather]

National Parks. Nature. Get it yet? This is a risk and Banff knows it well...

[@wasupfool5692]

They were warned this would happen, the Pine Beatles killed all the trees and made the area into a fire hazard.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

I never really liked The Beatles

[@HuckThis1971]

Canadair CL-215 was designed for this purpose. Protect towns from forest fires. Where were they?

[@dm8458]

They were there, but it wasn't safe for them to fly.

[@GTR1266]

Not complicated. It’s called forest management.

[@qualicumwilson5168]

What is your definition of "forest management". If it includes "logging" you might want to look up the attributes of a National Park and see if logging is included at all. Hint, it is not. Next solution? One that controls human activity, not fundamentally changing the basis of what a National Park is.

[@RustyShackleford-p3i]

​​@@qualicumwilson5168 Removal of dead trees caused by pine beetles is forest management. You should google the term "willful ignorance"

[@darrenpaches3731]

What we've learned is it's going to take years to rebuild.

[@David-ek4fh]

That the government will sacrifice anything to push their interests.

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

Yup

[@MrMrdave1966]

Bahaha

[@moelo5930]

Canadians learned trees need to be cut down and government is stupid for not doing it.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Yeah!! Stupid trees.

[@ryleighloughty3307]

Nothing. If you are not open to learning, then nothing can be learned. Have a special day !

[@GordonJohnson-vc8sm]

True if u never learn the 1st time or 2nd time. Don’t bother rebuilding insurance going up up 😢

[@A-classic-smithy]

Nobody learned anything. Fort mac is absolutely packed with thick trees still and it almost burned down again in May this year 😂😂😂

[@CharlesReece-nr2wr]

All those federal dollars **** against the wall by Alberta again.

[@jasonlarocque1511]

If they need to ask then they don’t have a clue how to manage the forest

[@JB-lc2fn]

Keep Arsonists in jail

[@ttonAb2]

Yes! Arrest Zeus!

[@RustyShackleford-p3i]

​@@ttonAb2 Fed

[@daleweiss9507]

At least keep them on the reservation.

[@RustyShackleford-p3i]

@@ttonAb2 Federal agent

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

​@@ttonAb2Nah. It was Ra.

[@nicoles2289]

Increase the carbon tax and there won’t ever be another fire ever again!!

[@SherryMercier]

was waiting for someone to bring up a political point instead of diligent forest management.

[@nicoles2289]

@@SherryMercier , your option is practical. Our government doesn’t understand that. They only understand greed, selfishness and fairytales.

[@crazyforcanada]

Forestry management: REMOVE the dead trees, they are TINDER to lightning.

[@gmw3083]

Slave lake and fort Mac were built back just the same. So too will Jasper. There will be no learning.

[@dansallthingspoliticsrelig523]

Remove direct energy weapons from the cabal.

[@hc174]

That carbon tax doesn't prevent wild fires the way Trudeau said it would.

[@Syrkyth]

It's not meant to prevent them - it's literally to help offset the cost of rebuilding from climate disasters like these ones.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Yes it does. Banff didn't burn. All the proof qe need right there. Raise the tax!!

[@matthewriley9940]

Why not build brick buildings

[@nonasmith2405]

If you look on Alberta wild fire maps and smoke maps the fire is still out of control and yesterday another possible evacuation yellow alert is up on Alberta emergency app.

[@carolyndavid7977]

This was not a normal fire…. No comparison.

[@MrMrdave1966]

You are on your own. Prepare your own property, properly. Metal roofs and sprinkler systems.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Yep. Metal roofs stop all fires.

[@rzmk8620]

I thought fire was in Jasper’s AB? News from Regina?

[@jeremyfitzpatrick7772]

Maybe we shouldn't sell our water bombers for penny's on the dollar.....we might need them.

[@robertkearns4602]

that is exactly what the alberta ndp party did when they were in power.

[@cavemanarcade1577]

i dunno maybe you could learn to relocate and forget about a town that just burnt down? seems logical to me

[@Curt_Kobain]

What can be learned? Don’t be surprised when a town built in a forest in the mountains burns down. It’s all just a matter of time.

[@thegumpfiles778]

bureaucrats says bureaucratic things .Nothing in action except roofing steel and non flammable materials .

[@johnarthur6180]

NO DEW lasers

[@jefffarrer9585]

That you had to stop at a checkpoint to show your papers before you could enter. Sound familiar?

[@Syrkyth]

It's to prove you're not a looter and are there for legitimate reasons.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Yep. When I used to enter bars at a young age that would happen. Ridiculous.

[@jefffarrer9585]

@@TheStupidDetectiv Yep, me too. Never had to go through a checkpoint and show papers to get into my hometown though.

[@dennis2376]

And Lyton is still waiting to rebuild. BC government needs to get its butt in gear.

[@almostbo23b23]

when they build houses with oil roofs and plastic walls have trees grown against the flammable roofs and walls make no firebreaks anywhere what do they expect to happen

[@jeffreyepstein874]

Build all buildings with blue metal roofs and paint all cars blue. The direct energy can’t touch it. lol

[@RIK-uh8ru]

Lytton was burned down by CN rail. Anyone who lives there knows that.

[@kerfymon]

"Northern community" ??

[@gregjohnson298]

Might be crazy but maybe we could not have tree's growing right up to the towns,you'd think that might help.

[@qualicumwilson5168]

Yes sure, I mean Why have trees in a National Park at all??? Sounds like cutting off your nose to spit your face..

[@johnmackinnon9036]

Lesson learned Government controls weather once its all burnt came a couple days of rain... Just gotta make sure everone need that carbon tax money to rebuild

[@ChrisWRR]

Maybe if we pay more taxes the fires will stop.

[@RJLK0518]

We learned that cutting funding to wildfire fighting efforts is a bad idea. Crocodile Tears Smith

[@victorw2008]

Surely more taxes is the answer to save Canada from future fires and floods 😵‍💫

[@Osprey23-o8l]

Lots of lessons but no learning.

[@foshezeefocker7707]

from what i understand mayor of jasper brought up the dead pine beetle trees aprox 20 years ago, why havent Parks Canada done anything?

[@user-eo1vz9lt8g]

Lytton has been rebuilt?

[@dennis2376]

Nope, BC government is dragging it out as much as it can.

[@reverendaljones45]

@@dennis2376 i drove into lytton last summer intentionally disregarding the do not enter signage posted and the town itself was cleaned up of debris etc and there was some new infrastructure product stockpiled but pertaining to being rebuilt no is correct.

[@Tyrone-cd4ji]

What can we learn from Jasper ? Not to go there if you don’t like overpriced restaurants and entertainment.

[@brettk1642]

If you are a resident of Jasper. I bet the RCMP ransacked every home looking for items to loot. Just like High River.

[@SherryMercier]

anti-police at all costs...... until you're scared and then call for them.

[@brettk1642]

​@SherryMercier I just pointed out a historical fact that the RCMP stepped out of line and did illegal activities. I am not a progressive liberal who ACTUALLY defunds the police.

[@brettk1642]

Anti police? I am just pointing out actions that the RCMP had done. The progressive liberals are the ones defunding the police.

[@shanephillips4011]

​@SherryMercier hahaha, scared and call the police....in the northern back country, we deal with the trash personally, all you pathetic city slickers are hilarious.

[@robertkearns4602]

I would not doubt that they were probably confiscating guns like the did in high river under the orders of wacko turdeau and his gun legislation.

[@Zeitgeistboxee]

Jasper can learn that every year is going to get worse and worse...... As you..... Lol.... Re-build. Don't look up.

[@pietroantonioni3207]

Stop building wooden houses !!!

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Yep. Metal houses in Canada is the only way forward. Just ignore winter temperatures. We got enough gas and oil to heat the homes anyway.

[@cherylsemrau7100]

Soon fires are spotted there should be immediately fire fighters there.

[@sketchysamaritan]

Learn...dont bring thousands of mobile fuel tanks, propane, rubber tires, etc. into the forest😮

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Seems sketchy

[@gregserafin5312]

What’s learned from fires? We Albertans have separate from this east coast driven country.

[@TheStupidDetectiv]

Fire is hot.

[@philipegan2868]

Don't build in a forest prone to fires.

[@larryhouse3776]

Hot embers landing on a rooftop can set a house on fire with the fire being hundreds of meters away. A permanent rooftop water system that runs in emergencies could do wonders in protecting forest communities.

[@ttonAb2]

No, just use asphalt shingles instead of cedar.

[@larryhouse3776]

@ttonAb2 then the embers will land in the yard and light the lawn on fire, then get to the house that way. The water idea could shield the whole house, and actively put out those hot embers, and actively cool the home.

[@ttonAb2]

@@larryhouse3776 don't put combustibles up around your house.

[@jmcb3411]

The carbon tax isn't high enough. That's the takeaway.

[@larrlarr8156]

Where was danny

[@deesmith6363]

Keep the trees cut back from the roads so the fires can't jump into town and permanent fire berms.

[@robertkearns4602]

You are mistaken, this is federal government parks land and you cannot even remove a flower under threat of tickets and/or jail time.

[@dennis2376]

Sparks can go a long ways. Kelowna had a fire on the other side of the lake and buildings on the opposite side caught fire.

[@meltuc2594]

Nothing if Mother Nature is in control. If nothing else rebuild quickly, don’t take forever to rebuild.

[@wesbrown738]

i'm sure they will need 69 permits to rebuild per square inch lol

[@frankroy9423]

You need a fire suppressant circle around ALL the towns that are in the wilderness. A stationary water wheel around the outskirts of all the wilderness towns. Comming from any source of water using upright pipes supplied by diesel powered water pumps.

[@tonybarracuda3505]

You’ve never actually seen an out of control wildfire have you?

[@johngawrylash7732]

All of the carbon tax should go to forest management , there's no better clean air initiative . The Provinces have a choice , you can keep that money in Province or give it to the Fed's . Alberta decided to give it to the Fed's .

[@runningoutofideas2319]

Also drone fire fighters no one but the rich could live there i dont hate them but at the same time some buildings get replaced - willy 0

[@robram1359]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! near houses under any cirumstances no wood structures!!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@@!!@!@!@!@!@

[@Jackie-e5b]

!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣. Is a frogs ass watertight ??

[@tylerhuskins]

Get rid of the the french colonist government for starters

[@wadeross6311]

We have learned to vote better.

[@roderickturner4454]

Theyll be begging the.federal government for funding to fix, but why should.we help dem, they wanted to be like a 80s Quebec so your on your own ALBERTEC!!! LOL

[@VladimirAntonov27]

The only thing that can be learned is we are living amongst arsonist that want choas

[@SherryMercier]

and you have evidence that this fire was attributed to arson rather than lightening how...?

[@SherryMercier]

@@VladimirAntonov27 sounds like you have a hard time understanding a simple question

[@SherryMercier]

@@VladimirAntonov27 Additionally, sounds like you have a hard time 'accepting' proper English terminology. Time for more school.

[@SherryMercier]

@@VladimirAntonov27 What, no proof to backup an unsubstantiated conspiracy claim and to challenge Park Officials and eyewitness accounts of lightening?? Big surprise!!

[@SherryMercier]

And in closing, now sounds like you have no form of evidence to support your unsubstantiated conspiracy theory. As expected; no surprise!!.

[@colinsellers1143]

Stop sending our money to Ukraine and we can build back Jasper fireproof

[@SherryMercier]

a. irrelevant b. learn about the downstream effect of Putin taking eastern European nations.

[@shanephillips4011]

​@@SherryMerciernot my problem, just like the middle east, let them reduce eachother's populations to their hearts content. I spend 12 hours a day on the backwoods on logging roads, there is nothing I could care less about than Eastern European countries 😂

[@robertkearns4602]

if turdeau did not give billions of dollars to ukraine how do you expect him to get his kickback from zelensky

[@SherryMercier]

@@robertkearns4602 ...And as a highly-educated, very-intelligent, and rational-thinking adult you have actual evidence that a Canadian PM received (financial) kickbacks from another nation's leader? Not just blowing nonsense out of your.....

[@runningoutofideas2319]

Build those 8$ a night capsule hotels why dont ya - willly 0

[@BryanPersaud-p2e]

Oh, I don’t know… maybe MOVE???

[@Jballn]

Government funding burning 🤣😂 fml

[@abegiesbrecht1148]

Well this wasn't news. Waist of my time, and coffee

[@acerjuglans383]

I see elementary school English class was a "waist" of your time too.

[@SherryMercier]

as was grammar and spelling classes.

[@alexpacheco2031]

😑 I’m so sorry to everyone effected but the fire

[@derek89273]

Clean up your forests, we get you’re tree huggers but come on.

[@acerjuglans383]

Should they just grab a rake?

[@chizzymomentum1807]

Slave lake? Which kind of name Is that!!!!??!! 🤣😅🤣😂🤣😅🤷🏾‍♂️ it should be changed to something better!!

[@ttonAb2]

This isn't the states, it's named after a tribe. I'm sure that would go over well.

[@CharlesReece-nr2wr]

What we can learn is all the money given to Alberta over the years, the billions upon billions of dollars given to Alberta to mitigate the forest and to prevent forest fires has been **** against the wall, and probably in the hands of big oil Thanks again. Danielle Smith,

[@bobbarker2726]

youd sooner have the money shipped to ukraine, Im sure. Or some other naive internet driven lunacy.

[@Vntgmozzastick]

This is not provincial negligence, this is federal negligence as this occurred in a National Park. Nice try though.

[@SherryMercier]

....has Smith been there 'over the years"?....and do you mean the Alberta that has contributed billions upon billions to Provincial Equalization payments for decades?....or do you have a strong & misdirected political bias here?.

[@4z94]

Did you forgot the part about the feds owning the problem and the billions Alberta sends to Ottawa to give mostly to Quebec.

[@SherryMercier]

embarrassed over your lunacy post yet?

[@AndyFURLONG]

Paint the roofs blue to defend against the HAARP.?

[@davidway4259]

Lesson Nature Returns what Nature is given to work with.

[@davidway4259]

HUMANS SADLY BLIND

[@davidway4259]

DID YOUR BRAIN LIVE IN A MIND. AS A DEIGN BEFORE IT WAS YOUR BRAIN. HAHAHAHAHA