Yukon Wildland Fire Management is preparing to send firefighters and incident management staff members to B.C. to assist with the province’s current fire situation.

Yukon officials made the announcement this morning.

The Yukon personnel are in addition to 40 fire pumps that were sent to B.C. earlier this week.

The Yukon government also donated $25,000 this week to help provide assistance to the tens of thousands of B.C. residents who have been forced to flee their homes and communities because of wildfires.

“Our fire situation has begun to moderate significantly, and the forecast is calling for that to continue,” fire management director Mike Etches said in this morning’s announcement.

“With B.C. in need and some of our resources available, we are happy to provide support.”

Wildland Fire Management is finalizing available numbers. It’s expected the agency will be sending 34 firefighters, along with four incident management staff, on Monday of next week.

This deployment is made possible through the Mutual Aid Resource Sharing Agreement.

Under that pact, Yukon Wildland Fire Management can recall its firefighting resources within 24 hours if required.

The Yukon personnel are expected to be in B.C. for 14 days.

They could return to Yukon earlier if the situation in B.C. moderates significantly.

The sharing of resources between B.C. and the Yukon is not unusual.

Earlier this year, B.C. sent 19 firefighters and an Incident Management Team to the territory to provide support in the Klondike region.

In 2014 and 2015, the Yukon assisted B.C.

The fire danger rating across the Yukon today is low everyhere but in the Old Crow region. It went from low Wednesday to high today because of strong winds, fire information officer George Maratos explained this morning.

Maratos said the danger for Old Crow is expected to drop back down to low.

That’s due to falling temperatures and quite a bit of rain forecast throughout the northern part of the territory.