As of June 22, 11 crews, consisting of 56 fire rangers and 13 overhead staff, have been deployed from the Haliburton Fire Management Headquarters (FMH) to wildland fires in the northwest region of Ontario.
Shayne McCool, fire information officer northeast region, said four crews and two overhead staff are currently in the field from the Haliburton FMH.
So far this season, Haliburton staff have been deployed to Kenora, Red Lake, Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout and Nipigon.
A deployment is typically a two-week fire assignment, which can extend to as long as 19 days with travel time.
There have been three wildland fires in the Haliburton forest management area this season.
The last was Haliburton 3 at 40.7 hectares. It was located in the northeast corner of Algonquin Park, and was confirmed out on May 12.
