A Parksville-area helicopter company is off to fight forest fires at night in Alberta.
The crew from Ascent Helicopters arrived in Alberta on Sunday to do some initial training with personnel there, according to Trent Lemke, owner of Ascent Helicopters.
Ascent has experience doing search and rescue and air ambulance operations at night, but this will be their first night-time firefighting contract, he added.
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