Wildfire season is here - make sure you’re prepared. A few simple steps today can help protect your home, your family and your community this season.
How you can prepare:
✔️Review your household emergency plan
✔️Keep important documents accessible
✔️Check your home insurance coverage and make sure it’s up to date
✔️Refresh your grab-and-go kit
✔️Stay informed by monitoring weather conditions, fire restrictions and downloading the NS Alert app
How Emergency Management is preparing:
✔️Investing in preparedness and firefighter training across Nova Scotia:
🔥$2.1 million for two new mobile burn units for hands-on training
🔥$480,000 for four multi-system propane training props
🔥$152,000 for firefighter training, Incident Command courses, and updated standardized materials
🔥$4 million through the Emergency Services Provider Fund to support fire services, GSAR, and HazMat teams
✔️Working with municipal, provincial, and federal partners to strengthen readiness and improve emergency response capabilities
✔️Enhancing training and communications systems so emergency teams can respond quickly during wildfire events
Preparedness is a shared responsibility. Thank you for doing your part to help keep Nova Scotia safe this wildfire season.
Watch our emergency preparedness video to learn more: https://t.co/fIWmElOVyp
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Photo courtesy of Dalhousie University
The Long Lake wildfire in West Dalhousie, which began in summer 2025, is now considered extinguished after the completion of recent aerial hot spot scanning.
Thank you to DNR crews, volunteer fire departments, and all partners who helped manage this wildfire.