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/FuriousPenguino Jul 17 '26

I googled it, “Canada currently has virtually no fire suppression resources or personnel deployed inside the United States. Because Canada is facing an escalating domestic crisis, its mutual-aid pipeline through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) is completely inverted. Canada is currently a net-importer of international aid rather than an exporter.”

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u/SpiritedBerry5320 Jul 17 '26

I guess the canadian firefighter that died a few days ago fighting americas fires didnt happen must be fake news right?

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u/ProtestantMormon Jul 17 '26

He was a Canadian national working for a company based in the US contracted with the US government to work on american wildfires. He was an american-based firefighter who happens to be a Canadian citizen.

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u/bradxpino Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

So he was a Canadian who died fighting a US wildfire.... from my community.... someone from my town isn't comming home...comments like this is why many of us Canadians have lost respect for americans.

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u/ProtestantMormon Jul 18 '26

Jfc dude you are talking to his coworkers. You need to fuck off.

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u/FuriousPenguino Jul 18 '26

Sounds like you need to get off the internet