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The BC Wildfire Service has once again positioned its crews across the Northwest in readiness for summer firefighting. Crews within the region are based in Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa, Hazelton and Smithers – ready to respond throughout the Northwest Fire Centre. The BC Wildfire Service is divided into six regions with the Northwest Fire Centre running from the Yukon border in the north to Tweedsmuir Provincial Park in the south, and from the west coast to just west of Endako. The regional office is in Smithers. The Northwest will have the same number of crews as it did last year, said Morgan Blois, Northwest Fire Centre communications officer. There will be one unit crew and five initial attack crews divided between Burns Lake and Houston, two unit crews and four initial attack crews divided between Telkwa and Hazelton and one unit crew and four initial attack crews in Terrace.