There is one active fire in the North Bay region as the the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports North Bay 8 is considered under control at 0.8 of a hectare.
There were no new fires in the Northeast Region by the afternoon of May 29.
The forest fire hazard is low to high across the region.
Provincial Firefighting Resources – Out of Province
Ontario provides firefighting resources outside of the province, and when needed brings in resources from other provinces, the territories or the United States.
Firefighting resources in Canada, including personnel, aircraft and equipment, are shared through formal agreement and coordinated by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center in Winnipeg.
Canada also has agreements in place to share resources for fire suppression with the United States. One such agreement is through the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact made up of three US states and two provincial natural resource agencies to promote effective prevention, pre-suppression and control of forest fires in the Great Lakes Region of the United States and adjacent areas of Canada.
- 131 fire response personnel are in Ontario supporting the firefighting effort. They are from British Columbia, Newfoundland and Wisconsin
- Saskatchewan heavy water bomber and Birddog team will be released from Ontario to return home
- Two flight coordinators from Ontario have been deployed to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre in Winnipeg to assist in coordinating national aircraft for interprovincial / international movements of firefighting staff.
- Ontario has 85 personnel deployed to Alberta
