Hiring blitz at Quebec's fire protection agency as fears over early and intense wildfire season grow
The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu is hiring 160 people to be better equipped for the 2024 forest fire season which, after a dry mild winter, could start earlier.
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![The 2023 forest fire season destroyed hectares of forest across parts of Quebec. The province's forest fire prevention agency is hoping to hire more staff to be better prepared this year. A person wearing an orange uniform walks towards a smokey forest.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7168613.1712694426!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/sopfeu-forest-fires-quebec.jpg)
The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu is hiring 160 people to be better equipped for the 2024 forest fire season which, after a dry mild winter, could start earlier.