Jasper, Alta. In the last summer, a report destroyed in a forest destroying Rocky Mountain Resort Town Jasper’s Rocky Mountain Resort Town stated that the crew performed its best but the command and control were interrupted by the Alberta government.
The report was commissioned by the city and surveyed participants and firefighters, who destroyed a third of buildings in the community located in the National Park.
While the report stated that the defect was not to assign, it notes that the city and the park were trained together and there was an integrated command structure, but things became challenging when joining the province.
This says that the Alberta government, while not judicially responsible for leading the crisis, made things more difficult for information to exercise the right to make decisions.
The report stated that the intervention disrupted the focus of the incident commanders and forced them to spend precious time to interrogate and manage issues rather than fighting fire and re -entering the residents.
The report stated, “The response to the Jasper Wildfire Complex demonstrated the effectiveness of the strong unified command established by the municipal and the parks Canada.”
The report stated, “Provincial participation added complexity to the response as the Alberta province, although not judicially responsible for leading the incident, requested regular information and demanded the decision making authority,” the report said.
“While Alberta Wildfier actively supported fire fighting operations and participated in (event management team), judicial overlap with the province created political challenges, which disrupts the focus of the event commanders, instead of directing the wildfire response and re -entry instead of making time -to -interrogation and managing issues.”
A spokesman for Alberta Public Safety Minister Mike Alice said he was working on a response.
Jasper officials said they were not able to comment on the report, but could do so on Friday.
The fire entered the previous city on 24 July, forcing 25,000 residents and visitors to the day earlier.
The residents were out for three weeks.
This report of Canadian Press was first published on 17 July 2025.
Jack Farell, Canadian Press
