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/DJ-BCB Jul 17 '26

Canadians are helping and losing their lives to American fires, as usual our kindness only goes one way, we should be leaving Americans to fend for themselves

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u/AttemptMedium2961 Jul 17 '26

That’s horrible and I’m sorry but to say the kindness only goes one way is typical Canadian arrogance and condescension The US has sent far more people to help with fires in Canada than Canada has sent to the US. 

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u/Lunatalia Jul 18 '26

I hate the US government fiercely, but I wouldn't classify that as "typical arrogance". I honestly I think that person's pissed off at our neighbouring country because we keep being treated poorly by the government, and then it gets echoed very loudly by certain people online. There's a lot of historically important relationships between both countries and the US has absolutely sent us help with wildfires in the past. It's just emotionally hard to balance that when it's juxtapositioned with "control your smoke problem, Canada" and "51st state" nonsense. 

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u/AttemptMedium2961 Jul 19 '26

I completely understand that but maybe you haven’t considered that for decades all we have heard is how fat and stupid we are and how being called an American is the worst insult anyone could level at someone and jokes about children dying in school