These American firefighters are heading to Australia to help battle the flames

[conuly]

Every little bit helps, as they say.

Comments

[thewayne]

I'm glad to see multiple American crews have already gone over. We see hotshot crew trucks regularly up here.

[conuly]

I just wish that they didn't have to.

[dewline]

Also:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-fire-crews-cheered-australia-frontline-teams-prepare-for-worst-1.5417221

There are people in Canada who remember the Australians who came to help with the fires in northern Alberta not so many years ago.

[conuly]

I suppose firefighting is a helping profession.

[redsixwing]

So it does. I remember when we had international teams here, when $myLittleTown was nearly cut off by fire.

I don't know that I could point to any one team as tipping the scales away from destruction, but all together, yeah.

[conuly]

It's so shitty that things are so bad there right now, though. And the Australian government is still in denial about climate change. Fuckers.