This is the Hughes 500, flown by John Shultz. He was in nearly every Toronto Airshow I attended. He could do some amazing things with this helicopter!

Part of John's duties was to light the raft used by the MNR water bomber demonstration.

The MNR also uses the MBB BK 117 A-3, for both survey and rescue. It would also act as a flying control tower during fire fighting missions.