EFE

Mexico City.- A new group of 100 Mexican agents and a technician, all specialized in fighting forest fires, traveled this Wednesday to Canada, a country that is experiencing an emergency situation due to the scourge of this type of fire. fire, the Mexican government reported.

In a joint statement, the Ministry of External Relations (SRE, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) and the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) indicated that upon instructions from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a fourth contingent made up of 100 fighters and a forest firefighting technician, who traveled from Guadalajara to the province of British Columbia.

According to the Canadian Interagency Wildfire Center (CIFFC), more than 1,000 wildfires are currently active in the region, including 379 in the province of British Columbia. Additionally, during this season there were 5,850 fires affecting 15.3 million hectares.

Concerning the Mexican fighters of this new contingent, the press release specifies that they belong to the official brigades of Conafor and that they have the training, experience, physical condition and training required to remain on the ground during the period necessary, adhering to international standards to execute forest fire fighting. and deletion tasks.

The text also highlights that on this day the second intervention team sent on July 5 returned, a contingent that concluded its mission in the Prince George area after 49 days of firefighting and liquidation work. The Mexican government explained that of the nearly 400 fighters that Mexico has deployed on Canadian territory, there remain 185 women and men who continue to support coordination, control, liquidation actions and specialized fire management techniques. .

The Mexican Government highlighted that the strong tradition of friendship and cooperation that exists between the two countries is framed in the Memorandum of Understanding for the Exchange of Resources for Forest Fire Management and in the Operational Exchange Plan resources for forest fire management. Forest Fires between Canadian and Mexican participants, ratified this year by Conafor and the CIFFC.

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