Can't speak for Canadian news, but Australian news gives it a mention every now and then. It's been going on for so long it's kind of old news to most at this point.

It is in the news, though there's usually not a huge song-and-dance about it. It's mostly just mates helping mates (with the necessary international agreements in place).

Australia has regularly sent large air tankers and firefighters to the U.S. and Canada (though I'm unsure about aircraft into Canada), and most recently firefighting helicopters and firefighters to France.

Yes let's stop climate change by sending planes across the world

If there's fire in both places at the same time the diplomatic fallout would mean neither place would help each other anymore.

Having said that, the Country fire volunteers of Australia do a darn good job travelling to helping each other out. They do hold a hose.

I didn’t even think of the helicopters, but yes, that transport is relatively easy. My experience is tangentially related to the fixed wing jet tankers.

I think that firefighting activity stresses airframes more than usual as well, so I was also estimating from that maintenance side.

I figure that it could be done, generally, but timelines would probably be tight and costs could escalate quickly, both financially and environmentally.

How long does a cargo ship take to get between Australia and Europe or the North American west coast? I imagine it’d be a few weeks at least to LA, and longer to, say, Piraeus or Marseille via the Suez Canal, during which you hope neither side needs those helicopters.

The fire would be out by the time a ship arrives. I think they'd just put the helicopters onto planes. The air force has planes for that.

If in Canada, I doubt that is the case.

In Australia... we are on the other side of the planet to the majority.