BCWS 2019 Big Bar Landslide

The Big Bar Landslide occurred on the Fraser River near Clinton, BC, impeding salmon migration up one of the world's greatest salmon rivers. A Unified Command Incident Command was established to plan, supply, administer, and operationalize the effort required to facilitate 'human-assisted' salmon migration above the slide area. Multi agency staff from three political jurisdictions worked tirelessly and collaboratively to implement varied methods of fish capture and transport. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, and the BC Wildfire Service each submitted an Incident Commander to manage specific aspects of the operation. The following are the positions requested to be filled by our IMT: IC, Finance Chief (and trainee), LSC I (and trainee), PLUL, Air Ops BD, Equipment BD, and Safety. This deployment was very interesting. I'm certain everyone that came out has a story or two from this deployment. I'm grateful for the opportunity. Enjoy the photos!