Nova Scotia Sending Firefighters to New Brunswick

While continuing to fight small fires at home, Nova Scotia is sending a crew to help New Brunswick, where several wildfires are burning out of control.

“Our neighbours in New Brunswick gave us tremendous support during the large wildfires in 2023 and we want to help them in their time of need,” said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources. “Although we’re sending crews out almost every day to fight small fires around Nova Scotia, we are able to spare one crew for our neighbours. It’s the right thing to do.”

Twenty firefighters and a representative from the Department are being assigned to the Irishtown fire near Moncton. Their deployment will be for two weeks unless they are needed back in Nova Scotia sooner.

Although Nova Scotia is facing extreme wildfire risk due to hot, dry conditions, the Province’s wildfire resources can be shared at this time. The Department will continue to monitor conditions and make sure sufficient resources are maintained in the province. The crew could return within hours if needed at home.

Quick Facts:

• this will be the third Nova Scotia crew helping with the wildfire effort in Canada this season; crews were deployed to help in Saskatchewan in May and July
• other specialists were sent to help in Alberta and the Northwest Territories
• last year, the Department deployed resources or fire crews six times to help with wildfires across Canada
• Nova Scotia is a member of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, which ensures all provinces and territories will receive help if wildfires become too large to handle; the affected province or territory covers the costs of the jurisdictions that are sending help
• requests for assistance from other jurisdictions are co-ordinated through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

Additional Resources:

News release: Nova Scotia Answers Second Call to Help Fight Wildfires in Saskatchewan: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/07/18/nova-scotia-answers-second-call-help-fight-wildfires-saskatchewan

News release: Nova Scotia Sending Firefighters to Saskatchewan: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/05/29/nova-scotia-sending-firefighters-saskatchewan

National fire situation report: https://ciffc.net/

Natural Resources and Renewables on X: https://x.com/NS_DNR

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