Send-off portrait. The Minnesota DNR crew was mobilized through the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact., a mutual aid agreement by Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario and Wisconsin.
Mission: Clear fuel from Manitoba fire paths
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – A Minnesota wildland firefighting crew with equipment and gear departed for Manitoba, where massive fires have been raging for weeks. The 17-person crew, from the state Natural Resources Department assembled in Grand Rapids. Once on-site in Manitoba, the crew will receive its initial assignment.
Manitoba crisis. Amongmajor Manitoba wildfires is in Pimicikamak Cree Nation.