Posted by:
tumwater
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Date: June 19, 2023 12:53PM
Just an update on the aid the US is sending to help with the fires in Canada.
This was posted in today's Situation Report (https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf)from the National Incident Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho
"Seventeen fire suppression crews, three incident management teams, fifteen smokejumpers and twenty-five
overhead personnel are assigned to support large fires in Canada."
A suppression crew is made up of 20 fire fighter, an incident management team is a group of 40-50 personnel that manages and supports the crews, equipment, supplies, etc. of the ones actually fighting the fires.
From the Canadian national fire situation repot,
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/report (June 14th)
"At the time of this report, aircraft, personnel, and equipment have been mobilized to Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, and CIFFC from across Canada. There are American, Australian, New Zealand, South African, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chilean, and Costa Rican personnel active in Canada, with additional personnel from Australia, and New Zealand, and South Africa anticipated. "