Council seeks staff input on quick-strike, aerial firefighting

By Braden Dupuis
Blackcomb Helicopters offers rebuttal to Whistler FIRST proposal

After hearing duelling proposals related to quick-strike, aerial firefighting in Whistler in recent weeks, council is looking for direction from staff before deciding where to go next. At the March 7 Committee of the Whole, helicopter pilot Stu Wild presented his Whistler FIRST proposal, which envisions a not-for-profit, quick-strike aerial firefighting helicopter service for Whistler, operated under a transparent trust and governed by a five-person board of directors (see Pique March 9, Dousing the flames, before it’s too late).…

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March 24, 2017

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