Nova Scotia is sending a cohort of firefighters to help battle the wildfires in Jasper, Alberta.
“Our friends in Alberta are fighting fast-moving, out-of-control wildfires, and they need our help,” said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables (DNR). “I thank all Nova Scotians for following the daily burn restrictions, which is helping keep our wildfire season manageable here at home and allows us to send another crew out west.”
Nova Scotia is sending 29 firefighters along with one DNR staffer, and Prince Edward Island is also sending five firefighters of their own who will travel together.
This will be the third team sent by DNR to help with the wildfire efforts in western Canada this summer.
The firefighters are set to fly out of Halifax on Sunday, August 4 and arrive in Alberta the same day.
