WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team is being sent to Fort McMurray.
Approximately 20 members of the team will head to the Fort McMurray command centre where the response to the massive wildfire and evacuation is being headquartered.
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The USAR team can be self-sustaining for up to 10 days in any conditions.
Members of the team are trained to respond to a variety of emergency situations and in incident management support.
The Alberta Emergency Management Agency requested that Manitoba’s USAR team be deployed.
They will leave for Fort McMurray over the weekend and begin work on Monday.
The wildfire has caused the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and had reached 101,000 hectares by Friday.
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