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Stock shots. Includes footage of: burned forest areas; fire in progress; Sikorsky, Long Ranger and Jet Ranger helicopters dropping water and retardent on fire; fire fighters working with hoses, skidders, tank pumps, etc.; maintaining fireguards; trees candling; caterpillar tractor with V-blade; radio communications; burned out houses, vehicles, etc., found at or near the source of the fire; fire camp scenes and activity (tents, cookhouse, office trailers, tools, equipment, personnel); installing a radio antenna. Also includes aerial views of Buck Flats Camp, equipment, fireguard, burned area (including burned ranch, trailer, homesites, and adjacent forest), main fire camp, Morice River Camp, and burned out plantation.

The item consists of a video copy of footage from 1982. Shows aerial footage of various forest fires between Squamish and Whistler, in the Cariboo Region, the Peace River Region, Bulkley Valley, Vancouver Island, and along the BC/Alberta border. Commentary discusses characteristics of the individual fires, their causes, specific problems presented, etc.