National Defence committee  It's really about the danger and the risk, Chair. We can provide you with tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 responsibilities. Tier 1 is obviously the most risky and dangerous, where people are actually firefighting. Tier 3 has more supportive functions around firefighting. That could be clearing wood or all sorts of things that are the consequences of fires.

National Defence committee  I think our intention is really to build off our experience with the humanitarian workforce. We started with the Canadian Red Cross and then we added three NGOs, the St. John Ambulance, SARVAC—the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada—and The Salvation Army. We're currently reviewing the humanitarian workforce, and our intention is to see if we can add other NGOs.

National Defence committee  In terms of assessment within the department, when a request comes in from a jurisdiction—a province or territory—the government operations centre will take a look at it and assess it across a bunch of criteria, including whether it's a valid request that we can help with and whether there are available federal resources that could be engaged, including the Canadian Armed Forces.