{"id":20707,"date":"2021-02-20T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/?p=20707"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:36:43","slug":"skeena-initial-attack-northeast-fire-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/skeena-initial-attack-northeast-fire-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeena Initial Attack \u2013 Northwest Fire Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Terrace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Established<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1988<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Crew Photo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crew History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Skeena Initial Attack started as district forestry crews that were hired by the Prince Rupert Forest District to help with initial fire responses. From 1988 to 1992, Skeena Initial Attack was comprised of one ministry initial attack (IA) crew and 2 contract IA crews working out of Terrace Forward Attack Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, Skeena Initial Attack only grew. In 1993, they grew to having two ministry IA crews. In 2017, they grew to three IA crews. In 2023, Skeena switched all their IA crews from three person crews to four person crews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent change was the introduction of a fourth IA crew in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69dac23493eed&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"420\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/786\/2025\/05\/Skeena-UC-Patch-2023-onwards.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/786\/2025\/05\/Skeena-UC-Patch-2023-onwards.jpg 440w, https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/786\/2025\/05\/Skeena-UC-Patch-2023-onwards-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge image\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 &#8211; Current, made by Kyrin Milhomens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69dac23494201&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/786\/2025\/05\/Skeena-UC-Patch-2014-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/786\/2025\/05\/Skeena-UC-Patch-2014-2022.png 180w, https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/786\/2025\/05\/Skeena-UC-Patch-2014-2022-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge image\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2014 &#8211; 2022, made by Russell Wade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crew Supervisors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>K. Milhomens: 2022-Current<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>For updates to this page please contact fireinfo@gov.bc.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location Terrace Established 1988 Current Crew Photo No photo. Crew History Skeena Initial Attack started as district forestry crews that were hired by the Prince Rupert Forest District to help with initial fire responses. From 1988 to 1992, Skeena Initial Attack was comprised of one ministry initial attack (IA) crew and 2 contract IA crews &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/skeena-initial-attack-northeast-fire-centre\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8188,"featured_media":21082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[632],"class_list":["post-20707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-crew-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20707"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25767,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions\/25767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}