Airport upgrades help forest fire fighting.

Thanks to a $20-million investment over the past two years, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry's Sudbury Fire Management Headquarters have been able to better meet the mandate of fighting and controlling forest fires across the region.

"It allows us to do our jobs a lot more seamlessly," said Shayne McCool, a fire information officer for the ministry's Northeast Fire Region.

The upgraded and expanded centre at the Sudbury Airport, which hosts the Sudbury Fire Management Headquarters and the Sudbury Forest Fire Management Centre, had its grand opening on Tuesday, Aug. 10.

But McCool said the region's 18 fire crews--with four members each, and the support staff who help them fight forest fires from Parry Sound to the area just south of...

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