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SHUBENACADIE, N.S. At Nova Scotia s fire protection headquarters, wildfire investigator Kara McCurdy goes through a large black container, showing some of the gear she took with her when she went to help battle wildfires in British Columbia earlier this month. McCurdy is Nova Scotia s only female wildfire investigator and has been the only Nova Scotian sent to B.C. for firefighting efforts so far this fire season. It s challenging, you re packing on a whim, you re going to help in another province, it s extreme conditions, you don t know where you re going to be staying, living day-to-day, she says. She departed for B.C. July 10 and returned this past Sunday.