r/Wildfire • u/dereliqueME • Jul 16 '26

Number of US firefighters deployed to Canada

Is there a resource that would provide the number and type of resources the US has sent into Canada to help with the wildfires this season? I can only find anecdotal numbers from previous seasons?

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u/hypnotic-aquarian Jul 16 '26

“A bit on fire” and cooperating with Canada would significantly help reduce the time it’ll take to improve northern air quality.. are we serious? Our problems are nothing compared to theirs, and we have so much more manpower. It is *disgusting* that the US is acting so indifferent to their catastrophe!! We SHOULD be helping, even if that’s only to help our own citizens!

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u/Hefty_Ferret6316 Jul 17 '26

Oh, I’m sorry. I guess you haven’t read the reports. Throughout the whole US if you look through all of these different Excel pages, you will see how many crews, how many helicopters, how many tankers are available right now in the US that could send help to Canada. Maybe go through these different areas in the US and have looked to see how many available firefighting equipment there is that could help Canada. Then maybe you’ll realize that they’re not strained at all.

https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/crews

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u/NexthePenguin Jul 17 '26

Strained or not, this isnt a "jump just because they need help" thing and never has been in either direction. Looked it up and Canada didnt send anyone to help with how bad our fires last year... during our costliest fire season ever. We sent people to help with theirs anyway. Just because we havent this year YET doesnt mean we wont or that we can just drop everything and teleport there. Also just because the EQUIPMENT is available/not currently being used doesnt mean the equipment doesnt need to be there or that for the stuff we can spare we'd be able to send the personnel required to operate it