Most certainly.
What I would offer is that one of the responsibilities of fire services across the country is to determine the cause and origin of fires, and we also respond to medical first-responder calls and so forth. From that perspective, first of all, we provide that boots-on-the-ground analysis in terms of what's causing fires and whether there is some commonality we're observing in the field.
Now, we have challenges with respect to collating that data so that we can have national statistics, but we know, from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, that we have observations that come forth with respect to what the causes of fires happen to be. In that regard, we work with the fire marshals and fire commissioners in our respective provinces to try to alert our constituents so that they understand that there is an impending harm or a concern. That, from an operational perspective, is a given.
Second, the Canadian fire service is very significantly involved in emergency medical first-responder response. As a result of that, when we are responding along with our colleagues from EMS, we have occasion to bear witness to some of the injuries and the health implications for our citizens, because we are responding as first responders. So we have that information that is very evident to us as a result of our presence during those emergency responses.
I certainly understand your observations in terms of how the Canadian fire service fits into this equation, but we absolutely provide that value-added commentary to your discussions. As stewards of public safety, we believe that we're well positioned to speak to this issue.