Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video contains multiple clips from various days and locations during the FRNSW Canadian firefighting deployment, May - June 2023.
Media release:
Fire and Rescue NSW welcomes home Canadian firefighting deployment
29 June 2023
A handful of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters has arrived home in Sydney as part of an Australasian relief team returning from Canada where it’s helped battle that nation’s wildfire emergency.
Four of the nine FRNSW firefighters, dispatched to the province of Alberta returned today, with five more colleagues about to leave Canada.
The FRNSW personnel were appointed to a variety of leadership roles such as Logistics Managers, Safety and Information Officers, Task Force Commanders and Strike Team leaders, tackling many out-of-control blazes across hundreds of thousands of hectares.
Along with dozens of colleagues from the NSW Rural Fire Service, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Forestry NSW, the Australians joined firefighters from all over the world to support the emergency response.
Read more here: https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=reclwFrcFb6e11rAb
This video contains multiple clips from various days and locations during the FRNSW Canadian firefighting deployment, May - June 2023.
Media release:
Fire and Rescue NSW welcomes home Canadian firefighting deployment
29 June 2023
A handful of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters has arrived home in Sydney as part of an Australasian relief team returning from Canada where it’s helped battle that nation’s wildfire emergency.
Four of the nine FRNSW firefighters, dispatched to the province of Alberta returned today, with five more colleagues about to leave Canada.
The FRNSW personnel were appointed to a variety of leadership roles such as Logistics Managers, Safety and Information Officers, Task Force Commanders and Strike Team leaders, tackling many out-of-control blazes across hundreds of thousands of hectares.
Along with dozens of colleagues from the NSW Rural Fire Service, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Forestry NSW, the Australians joined firefighters from all over the world to support the emergency response.
Read more here: https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=reclwFrcFb6e11rAb
