Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Article contentSmoke and pollutants from wildfires do not respect man-made borders — they go where the wind blows — and smoke from American wildfires adversely affects Canadians just as the reverse is true. Canada and the U.S. have shared firefighting resources through the Canada/United States Reciprocal Forest Fire Fighting Arrangement since 1982 and not simply based on goodwill. The agreement mandates the country requesting and receiving help from the other partner is responsible for reimbursing its costs.