Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Delta Deployment will return from Canada on Sunday 20 August.
Delta Deployment is the fourth group of firefighters to go to Canada in the past few months. In total New Zealand has sent 92 firefighters from Fire and Emergency New Zealand, the Department of Conservation and forestry companies to help fight wildfires in Canada this year.
Delta is the last deployment, as there have been no new requests for firefighters from Canada and New Zealand now needs to prepare for our own wildfire season.
The experience gained by the firefighters on these deployments will be extremely valuable, as New Zealand begins to prepare for what current forecasts suggest may be a hot dry summer.
Date and time : 7am, 20 August
Location: Auckland International Airport (right hand side of the public arrivals hall)
- Acting Chief Executive Russell Wood
- Delta Deployment spokesperson Dave Woon
