Mutual Aid - Large Grass Fire
At approximately 3:47 p.m. on April 25, 2020, the Saskatoon Fire Department received a mutual aid request from Dalmeny Fire and Rescue to assist in controlling and containing a large grass fire west of Saskatoon.
Two fire engines, one water tanker, and one brush truck from the Saskatoon Fire Department's fleet of apparatus were committed to this incident.
Water was shuttled to the fire scene using water tankers as firefighters worked to protect multiple acreages and farm yards in the area; one trailer that was parked and being used for storage was consumed by fire in an affected yard. Fire crews from surrounding jurisdictions worked collaboratively to control the spread of fire and successfully protected significant property and infrastructure. Hot spots were extinguished in a number of areas throughout the evening.
The Saskatoon Fire Department has since been released from this incident and fire crews have returned to their stations to decontaminate and rehabilitate.