Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency has completed its Post Incident Analysis (PIA) report, which discusses its operations and response during the Upper Tantallon, N.S., wildfire last year.
While it took longer to release the report on the wildfire analysis than it did to rebuild some of the homes destroyed by it, people living in the area are happy to see it.
“You can’t read that report and not see how hard they worked,” said Dustin O’Leary, a resident in Westwood Hills who had to evacuate from his home.
However, O’Leary said he was hoping to see recommendations to prevent future wildfires and the creation of safety exit routes that would get people out of the area quicker, in case a similar event was to happen again.
“It’s still a huge barrier and gap that you still have so many communities that …