Battleford’s mayor, Derek Mahon, issued a vote of congratulations to the firefighters from the Town’s fire department who went north recently to help fight a forest fire in the La Ronge area.
Neil Good, Curtis Watt, Les Hurley, Chris Zemlak and Barry Scheske were the firefighters who took part, said Councillor Ames Leslie at last week’s council meeting.
Mahon noted the firefighters were away from July 8 to July 14 to assist in a Saskatchewan-wide effort to protect the town of La Ronge.
“Congratulations to them and the fire department folks,” he said, including Fire Chief Larry Gabruch and Deputy Fire Chief Geoff Thompson.
It was a joint effort with the City of North Battleford, said the mayor.
“They went up together and they had [mutual] backup plans in place … from the Battlefords perspective.”
North Battleford and Battleford sent five personnel each, including two mechanics and three emergency medical technicians.
The equipment that went along included an engine and half-ton support unit from the Town of Battleford, plus an engine, a wildland unit and a tanker from North Battleford.
