On City Beat yesterday, Mayor Colleen Smook provided a fire update, stating that there are 15 firefighters on duty in the north region, along with 5 helicopters, two water bombers and one other air craft.

There are no out-of-control fires in the north and no out-of-province firefighters currently in Manitoba.

Consultations on this year’s fire response will be held today.

Smook has the details.

"Churchill Keewatinook Aski MP, Rebecca Chartrand, is holding an online listen session about the wildfires on Friday afternoon starting at 1pm and this is the event to identify the gaps and ensure more complete responses in the future.”

She added the provincial government is expected to conduct an internal review once the wildfire season is declared over.

It will consider the province’s wildfire fighting effort, emergency social services and safety coordination.

The review will also include consultations with communities and regions as well as with experts in wildfire fighting, forest management and logistics.

The results will be used in helping plan for future fires, flooding and other natural disasters.