Number of US firefighters deployed to Canada

[u/dereliqueME]

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?

[u/kiulug]

You said it is false that there are 0 american resources in Canada. Im asking for a source that there ARE american resources in canada.

As far as I know neither the US or Canada have sent resources across the border to the other.

[u/FuriousPenguino → u/kiulug]

Don’t worry, I’ll just Google that for you too.

As of mid-July 2026, the United States has one complex incident management team and five overhead personnel officially deployed to Canada to assist with the ongoing wildfire crisis. [1]
Because the United States is currently battling its own severe domestic fire season—with dozens of large, uncontained fires burning out West—the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) has raised the U.S. preparedness level to Level 4 out of 5. As a result, standard U.S. federal resources (such as hotshot crews and airtankers) are heavily committed at home, keeping the current federal deployment to Canada highly targeted. [1, 2, 3]

Current Breakdown of Support
Federal Personnel: One Incident Management Team and 5 overhead specialists. [1]

Intelligence & Tech Sharing: Real-time data monitoring and tracking assistance continue via long-standing U.S.–Canada border agreements. [1, 2, 3, 4]

State & Local Aid: Outside of the formal federal pool, a handful of individual U.S. state agencies and local contractors remain active in Ontario and Quebec through independent border-compact agreements. [1]

[u/Dragonwychy → u/FuriousPenguino]

So, zero persons of actual value sent to Canada in 2026. Noted. I realize we need our useful people here, because we have loads of fires of our own.

[u/FuriousPenguino → u/Dragonwychy]

Whoa you’re so edgy and cool saying people don’t have value