Lake George Wildfire Command at Morristown Community Centre
Responders to the Lake George wildfire, near Aylesford, Kings County, have set up a command post at the Morristown Community Centre. The photos below were taken Thursday, October 2.
More photos and video of the response are at: https://news.novascotia.ca/search/all?field_topics=333
Updates on the fire and the response are at: https://novascotia.ca/alerts/
Cory Isenor, Operations Section Chief with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Robert Lefurgey, Helicopter Co-ordinator, smile as they read over the cards sent from Mrs. Johns' Grade 5 class at Champlain Elementary School to the incident command post at the Morristown Community Centre. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Cards made by students at Champlain Elementary School to thank firefighters for their efforts. (Province of Nova Scotia)
A Grade 5 students’ thank you card to firefighters, with part of the incident command post in the background. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Handmade cards thanking firefighters for their bravery and service. (Province of Nova Scotia)
A collection of cards made by local elementary school students to thank firefighters working on the Long Lake wildfire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Debbie Weihers, President of the Morristown Community Club, volunteers at the command post to help the crews working on the fire. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Andrew Mitton, Director of Operations at the Department of Emergency Management (left), and Scott Fisher, Senior Field Communications Officer at the Department of Emergency Management, discuss operations. (Province of Nov Scotia)
Nathan Pick, Logistics Section Chief (left), and Greg Arthur, Deputy Logistics Chief, go over last minute details before heading out for the day from the Morristown Community Centre. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Greg Keizer, safety officer (left), and James McKinnon, Incident Commander, discuss operations at the Morristown Community Centre. (Province of Nova Scotia)