Alberta Premier demands sorry from the fire department city of Jasper

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith demands the fire brigade city of Jasper and withdraws a report in which she criticizes her government for her role in the devastating fire of last summer.

Smith, who spoke at an unused press conference in Edmonton, also accused the Federal Government that the fire response is not possible by not asking for the help of the province and did not extinguish dead trees that provided fuel for the flames.

“I am very disappointed that this report is politicized, which should actually be a very successful example of uniform command,” said Smith on Friday.

“This report comes out of the blue as a shot. It is unfair, it is untrue and I want you to withdraw it.”

Smith added: “This was a federal fire. It took place in a federal park, and it was a reaction of Federal Park Canada.

“As a result, I would ask for an apology from the city (Jasper community),” she continued.

“We want to work with our municipal and federal partners together, but it would have been a much better result to focus on others if they should look at what they can do to improve their own reaction.”

A spokesman for Jasper Municipal said that the municipality would not comment directly on the province of the province, but “clarify that the review was commissioned by the municipality and written independently in order to support the continuous improvement of the emergency reaction and the coordination.

“The review focuses specifically on the role of the municipality within the uniform command structure during the running fire.

The explanation states that the community had deeply valued Alberta Wildfire, Alberta Emergency Management Agency and other teams in the reaction and in the entire recovery process.

The report commissioned by the municipality reflects a survey among firefighters and other front line employees who fought against the fire that destroyed a third of the buildings in the city in the Federal Leader Jasper National Park.

The community and parks canada was responsible to fight the fire.

The report states that the government of Smith's United Conservative Party complicated the answer by regularly requesting information and trying to make decisions even though they are not responsible.

“While Alberta Wildfire actively supported the fire fighting operations and participated in which [Incident Management Team]The overlapping of jurisdiction with the province led to political challenges, which disturbed the focus of incident commanders, which were raised at the requested inquiries and questions instead of leading the reaction and re-entry of the forest fire, ”the report said.

Smith said that her government has no participation in the fire's advantage into the city, but also that the report did not convey the contributions of Alberta, including support worth $ 181 million for the recovery financing of disaster, evacuation payments and much more.

“We all have to look at what we have done in the past and how we can improve. And I don't think Parks Canada and the city of Jasper have done an appropriate work,” said Smith.

“I hope you go back to the drawing board.”

The opposition -StndrDP leader near Nenshi said in a statement that Smith's answer to the report provided politics about the life of people.

“Instead of taking on responsibility and doing it too promising, they do what they always do: to make every criticism, insult others and refuse to accept the blame for the mistakes they have made,” said Nenshi.

Smith used to go to social media in order to blow up the report and the media.

“It is discouraging to see a report and the reaction of the media to this report that clearly overlooked the essential, coordinated efforts of the Alberta government during Jasper Wildfire,” Smith wrote on social media on Friday.

“Alberta's faster use of crews, emergency financing and operational support played a crucial role in protecting life and infrastructure, and these contributions are either minimized or completely ignored.”

Bill said Jasper's chief administrator in an interview before Smith's press conference that the report was not to blame.

A chapter should be taken into account in an overall view of the fire reaction that focuses on municipal improvements, he said.

“We expressly asked: 'How can (the city) improve?' And to find out how you can improve, look for gaps, look at overlaps, you are looking for weaknesses and then go to advance.

In view of the fact that it was clear last July that Jasper's unique circumstance made the answer complicated and the report confirms the need for all parties to understand the roles of the other.

He also repeated that the report was written by independent consultants and was based on surveys by those involved.

“The spirit that the report is put into public is a continuous improvement,” said.