Forest Fires in Canada: 23 September 1999
23 September 1999
According the INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT of 22 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 – – 7,200 1,678,386
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:
- Number of Fires by province
- Area Burned by province
- Weekly Fire Occurrence
- Weekly Area Burned
- Seasonal Fire Occurrence
- Seasonal Area Burned
- Interagency Resource Mobilization
- Number of Agencies Mobilized
- Weekly Satellite Hot-Spots
- Seasonal Satellite Hot-Spots
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/
