Firefighters in Nova Scotia are getting extra help from the skies as charter helicopter crews work to knock down several major wildfires. 

One of the private companies hired by the province is Breton Air, which is based out of Sydney, N.S.

Company president Matt Wallace reached out to the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables on Sunday, and was called into action within hours. 

Wallace is piloting a helicopter carrying buckets of up to 750 litres of water at a time. That water is being us…