Firefighters from Nova Scotia and P.E.I. to assist Alberta wildfire battle
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This article was published 02/08/2024 (491 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
HALIFAX – Firefighters from the Maritimes are heading to Alberta to help battle the wildfires that have ravaged the Jasper area.
Twenty-nine firefighters from Nova Scotia and a team of five from Prince Edward Island will depart from Halifax on Sunday for the western province.
Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources says it sent an incident management team to Alberta on July 24 along with hoses and other equipment.
The department says the latest contingent is the third team from Nova Scotia to be sent to Western Canada this summer.
Officials say P.E.I.’s team is being sent after a group of firefighters returned to the Island from assisting with a fire near High Level, Alta., near the boundary with the Northwest Territories.
Officials in both Maritime provinces say the relatively mild fire conditions at home allow them to spare firefighters and equipment to help in other parts of Canada.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 2, 2024.