Chilean lawmaker urges Conaf to buy water tankers to fight Bío Bío wildfires
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- Socialist lawmaker José Antonio Rivas asked Conaf to conduct a technical and operational assessment of acquiring its own water tankers in Bío Bío.
- The proposed review would examine whether agency-owned vehicles could strengthen responses to highly complex forest fires.
Chilean lawmaker José Antonio Rivas of the Socialist Party has formally asked the National Forestry Corporation, known as Conaf, to examine whether it should acquire its own water tankers in the Bío Bío region.
Rivas requested a technical and operational assessment of the proposal. The review would determine whether having agency-owned units would improve the response to highly complex forest fires.
The request comes as a proposal for evaluation, not as a confirmed purchase decision.
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