Wildfire Retrospective

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  Evacuation Efforts

  Striking a balance between conveying a sense of urgency and preventing panic from taking root.

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  Joint Emergency Ops

  Fanned by winds reaching 100 km/h and fueled by a bone-dry forest, the fire spread incredibly quickly.

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  Disaster Timeline

  Our boreal forest poses a danger to lives and livelihoods when wildfire conditions and wind speeds conspire.

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  First-Person Accounts

  Residents and community leaders share their stories of hardship, heartbreak and staggering loss.

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  The Aftermath

  Rebounding from a crisis can take years, but soon after the wildfires, the MD was on a path to recovery.

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  Lessons Learned

  Front-line wisdom on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from, wildfires and other critical events.

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Dense boreal forest adds to our region's rugged beauty. But it can also pose a danger to lives, homes and livelihoods when wind direction, moisture codes and other variables conspire. On Saturday, May 14, 2011, conditions for disaster to strike could not have aligned with more devastating precision.

Ten Years After

A decade after one of Canada's worst natural disasters, the leaders of Lesser Slave River, Sawridge First Nation and the Town of Slave Lake sat down for a solemn look back, and an observance of how far we've come.

Murray Kerik

Reeve of Lesser Slave River

Tyler Warman

Mayor (emeritus) of the Town of Slave Lake

Roland Twinn

Chief (emeritus) of the Sawridge First Nation

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