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Female firefighter from Mexico joins brigade in Canada

María del Consuelo Díaz Tlaltempa is one of the first Mexican women to be accepted to be part of an official brigade of the National Forest Commission (Conafor, for its acronym in Spanish), and the first to enter an international brigade.

Originally from the state of Morelos, Consuelo Díaz complied with the international selection requirements and joined the third contingent sent to Canada to support this critical season of forest fires.

As part of her career, in late 2016, she attended the first Latin American Women's Encounter in Forest Fire Management in Arizona, United States, in . . .

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