Our final tally was 19,204 signatures. 18,300 were delivered to the Premier's office on Thursday. http://www.alberniweather.ca/fire/deliver.png Here is the Global News story. http://globalnews.ca/news/1473095/martin-mars-petition-delivered-to-b-c-premier/ The final 900 will be mailed to the office. We did our best. We started a conversation. The province has chosen false economy and half-truths over a simple insurance policy, local jobs, and most importantly, protecting homes and lives with every tool available. The response was overwhelming. We did our best. Thank you again for putting up with this for a week. I'll leave you with a YouTube video of Hawaii Mars doing her thing and a reminder of a plane and company "which transformed an aircraft destined to be a museum piece into the most advanced forest fire-fighting and urban interface/structure protection technology in the world". That was from a 2011 innovation award from MISTIC and the BC ministry of sicence and technology. http://www.wingsmagazine.com/content/view/10042/146/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mid-island_science_technology_and_innovation_council/5184545791/in/set-72157625293610815/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGwE14eDTwI Sincerely, Chris