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If anyone knows any #drone designers, builders, or pilots in #Ukraine, I have an idea I hope at least some will take up:

One way Ukraine could raise more funds is to start designing and producing fire-fighting drones for small just-started #wildfires and for structure protection ahead of wildfires, for rapid deployment before large assets can arrive, and developing training for their use, then selling these to aligned countries such as #Canada. For example, the BC #Wildfire Service could use a few thousand of those, to knock down small fires immediately after lightning strikes, and to douse houses and other structures in fire retardant as soon as residents evacuate each house ahead of an approaching fire.

These assets would of course necessarily clear out as large assets arrive, but they could buy time in some cases, and in some cases—upon arriving early enough—could even obviate the need to send large assets at all.

Other related ideas, based on Ukrainian defenders' ingenuity, might also be saleable. Perhaps, for example, someone will design some super-cheap fire retardant dumb-bombs, compatible with the hard points on the CF-18 Hornet, with terminal velocities low enough not to damage a house, so the #RCAF could retardant-bomb a just-evacuated city or First Nation faster than the BCWS can get there. (I imagine a proximity-triggered explosively-deployed non-flammable parachute based on an automotive airbag system, a chassis designed for fragmentation into light pieces, and a small explosive charge just large enough to air-burst the retardant, while halting the rest of the mass mid-air just above the “target,” might be one experiment to try.)

Ukraine is the fastest iterator in the relevant technologies, and is likely the only source that could get it done fast enough. As well as gaining funds to accelerate further growth the #Ukrainian defence-manufacturing capacity, it would become a huge soft-power political gain to ensure continued and expanded international support.

Additionally, putting out some fires and saving some lives could also be a nice change of pace for drone designers, builders, and pilots.

#BCWildfireService #UAV #RPAS

#Wildfires trigger #EvacuationAlerts in B.C. | CTV News https://bc.ctvnews.ca/trees-going-up-like-roman-candles-as-wildfire-season-starts-early-in-b-c-1.6857153 “In addition to the 1,600-hectare Burgess Creek fire about 600 kilometres north of Vancouver, the tiny town of Endako, a further 400 kilometres northwest, is also under an evacuation alert, threatened by a blaze that the #BCWildfireService said on Sunday was less than a kilometre west of the town.

Global News BC: B.C. land owner ordered to pay $450,000 penalty over 2019 wildfire https://globalnews.ca/news/10091981/bc-large-wildfire-fine/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCWildfireService #BCWildfire #Disaster #Wildfire #Weather

Global News BC: Rebuilding process in the Shuswap following wildfires expected to be lengthy https://globalnews.ca/news/10070447/rebuilding-process-shuswap-following-wildfires/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #columbiashuswapregionaldistrct #BCWildfireService #BushCreekEastFire #BCwildfires #Fire

Global News BC: Expect to see smoke rising from near Apex Mountain Resort https://globalnews.ca/news/10043046/smoke-rising-apex-mountain-resort/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #ApexMountainResort #BCWildfireService #pannedburn #Fire

Global News BC: B.C. forest watchdog investigating backburn during Shuswap wildfires https://globalnews.ca/news/10024389/shuswap-wildfires-backburn-investigation/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #LowerEastAdamsLakeWildfire #BushCreekEastwildfire #ForestPracticesBoard #BCWildfireService #Shuswapwildfires #shuswaplake #BCWildfire #backburn #Shuswap #Fire

Global News BC: B.C. wildfires: Satellite photos reveal damage can be seen from space https://globalnews.ca/news/10004701/bc-wildfires-satellite-photos/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #satellitewildfirephotos #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #BCwildfires #Canada

Global News BC: How to manage Canada’s ‘unprecedented’ wildfires before they start https://globalnews.ca/news/9993619/canada-record-wildfire-season-frontlines/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #WildfireFirefighters #BCWildfireService #Prescribedburning #RossMooreLakeFire #RossmooreLakefire #culturalburning #Controlledfire #indigenousfire #Prescribedfire #BCwildfires #controlline #Wildfires #fireline #Fire

Global News BC: Evacuation alerts rescinded for Glen Lake wildfire near Peachland https://globalnews.ca/news/9984952/evacuation-alerts-rescinded-glen-lake-wildfire/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CentralOkanaganEmergencyOperations #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #GlenLakeWildfire #BCwildfires #peachland #Wildfires #Fire

Global News BC: Rain suppresses fire activity on Glen Lake wildfire near Peachland, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9982211/rain-suppresses-fire-activity-on-glen-lake-wildfire-near-peachland-b-c/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCWildfireService #GlenLakeWildfire #okanaganwildfire #BCwildfires #peachland #Wildfires #Fire #bcws

Global News BC: First days of autumn expected to be cool and damp over most of British Columbia https://globalnews.ca/news/9979436/autumn-rain-bc-weather/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #McDougallCreekfire #BCWildfireService #EnvironmentCanada #WestKelownaFire #BCforecast #BCWildfire #BCweather #Weather #BCrain

Global News BC: Cooler temperatures helping in fight against Glen Lake wildfire https://globalnews.ca/news/9972487/okanagan-glen-lake-wildfire-update-sept-19-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CentralOkanaganEmergencyOperations #wildfireevacuationalert #wildfireevacuationorder #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #GlenLakeWildfire #southerninterior #centralokanagan #BCwildfires #BCInterior #peachland #Okanagan #Fire

Global News BC: Upper Park Rill wildfire triggers evacuation alerts near Oliver, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9969972/upper-park-rill-wildfire-evacuation-alerts-oliver-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #regionaldistrictofokanagansimilkameen #UpperParkRillwildfire #BCWildfireService #EvacuationAlerts #southokanagan #BCwildfires #Willowbrook #penticton #TwinLakes #Fire #bcws #rdos

Global News BC: Gusty winds complicate B.C. wildfire fight, but human caused blazes also a factor https://globalnews.ca/news/9968836/new-evacuation-orders-alerts-bc-wildfire/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #PeaceRiverRegionalDistrict #BCWildfireService #SunshineCoast #FortSt.John #BCWildfire #peachland #Fire

Global News BC: Wind, humidity cause South Okanagan wildfires to flare up https://globalnews.ca/news/9967503/wind-humidity-cause-south-okanagan-wildfires-to-flare-up/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UpperParkRillwildfire #CraterCreekwildfire #BCWildfireService #WildfireSeason #OkanaganFalls #southokanagan #BCwildfires #TwinLakes #Keremeos #Wildfire #Fire #bcws

Global News BC: Evacution order issued for remote area at Horn Lake in Cariboo region https://globalnews.ca/news/9967183/evacution-order-horn-lake-cariboo/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #EmergencySupportServices #CaribooRegionalDistrict #HellRavingCreekwildfire #BCevacuationorder #BCWildfireService #BCwildfires #BCWildfire #Fire

Global News BC: Special air quality statement for Central, South Okanagan https://globalnews.ca/news/9967154/special-air-quality-statement-for-central-south-okanagan/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCWildfireService #EnvironmentCanada #Statement #Wildfire #quality #Health #Smoke #Air

Global News BC: Two visible wildfires burning near Pemberton, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9966048/two-visible-wildfires-burning-near-pemberton-b-c/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCwildfirenearPemberton #BCWildfireService #PembertonWildfire #Environment #BCwildfires #BCWildfire #Pemberton #Weather #BCFire #Fire #bcws

Global News BC: 43 properties destroyed, 11 damaged by B.C.’s Downton Lake wildfire https://globalnews.ca/news/9959674/properties-lost-downton-lake-wildfire-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Squamish-LillooetRegionalDistrict #numberofhomeslostBCwildfires #propertiesdamagedwildfire #DowntonLakewildfire #BCWildfireService #damageBCwildfires #BCWildfire #Fire

Global News BC: Weeks of worry ease as alerts lift for two B.C. wildfires outside Kamloops, Lillooet https://globalnews.ca/news/9957754/alerts-lift-southern-bc-wildfires/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Squamish-LillooetRegionalDistrict #ThompsonNicolaRegionalDistrict #rossmorelakewildfire #BCevacuationorders #BCWildfireService #BCWildfire #Kamloops #Lillooet #Fire

Global News BC: B.C. officials warn residents to take care when they return to fire zones https://globalnews.ca/news/9954965/bc-officials-urge-caution-return-fire-zone/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #regionaldistrictofcentralokanagan #McDougallCreekwildfire #damagefromBCwildfires #BCevacuationorders #BCWildfireService #WestKelownaFire #Kelownafire #BCWildfire #Fire

Global News BC: More evacuation alerts around McDougall Creek wildfire rescinded https://globalnews.ca/news/9955398/evacuation-alerts-mcdougall-creek-wildfire-rescinded/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #McDougallCreekwildfire #arearestrictionorder #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #centralokanagan #CORDEmergency #BCwildfires #Smoke #Fire