Elite Nova Scotia firefighters to battle wildfires burning across B.C.
HALIFAX — A group of elite Nova Scotia firefighters will join the front lines battling wildfires burning across British Columbia.
Twenty highly-trained firefighters and a manager will board a chartered plane in Halifax that is transporting firefighters from across the region to Kamloops and Prince George in the British Columbia interior on Tuesday.
Jim Rudderham, forest protection operations manager for Nova Scotia, said the “Type 1” firefighters have passed rigorous physical fitness and skills training tests.
“They are upper level firefighters,” he said. “They volunteer for this and they’re up to the task.”