Forest Fires in Canada

14 September 1999


According the INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT of 13 September 1999 following basic fire data were given for CANADA:

Number of FIRES since yesterday HECTARES burning since yesterday FIRES
YEAR-TO-DATE
HECTARES
YEAR-TO-DATE
- - 7,118 1,682,179

Saskatchewan Daily Forest Fire Situation Report (10:00 AM, Friday, 10 September 1999).
There are 9 forest fires burning in the province today.
No fires have been extinguished in the past 24 hours.
No new fires have been reported.
Total number of fires to date this year is 723.
Total to date last year was 1226, FIVE year average is 667.

The whole report and further information can be accessed at the fire management website of Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management (SERM).

The Canadian Daily Fire Situation Report shows further detailed information regarding the fire situation in Canada, which, however, will not be mentioned here in detail. We refer to the corresponding home page.

Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, provides a National Forest Fire Situation Report which is updated every Friday. The report contains an overview of ongoing fires, special descripttion of problem fires, Interagency Resource Mobilization, Synopsis and Prognosis, and the following regularly updated graphs:

Regular updates on the currently ongoing International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment in the Northwest Territories (the experimental site is located 40 km northeast of Fort Providence  61.6° N, 117.2° W) is given in:  http://www.nofc.forestry.ca/fire/fmn/nwt/


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