GFMC: Forest Fires in Canada, 22 June 2001
22 June 2001
The Fire Monitoring, Mapping, and Modelling (FireM3) is a collaboration of the Canadian Forest Service and the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Through the Map Link at the FireM3 web site you can access daily hotspot images. An Internet Map Server, which is like a simple GIS running on the host computer, allows you to zoom in on any fire or other area of interest and view the image and map data at full (1km) resolution. You can also click on any fire and get information about that fire.
The satellite image, the daily fire overview map and the season-to-date
hotspot map for 20 respectivly 21 June 2001 display the current significant fire events.
(Source: FireM3)
The Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System is a part of the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System and consists of six components that account for the effects of fuel moisture and wind on fire behavior. The first three components are fuel moisture codes and are numerical ratings of the moisture content of litter and other fine fuels, the average moisture contentof loosely compacted organic layers of moderate depth, and the average moisture content of deep, compact organic layers. The remaining three components are fire behavior indexes which represent the rate of fire spread, the fuel available for combustion, and the frontal fire intensity; their values rise as the fire danger increases. For futher information please see the Summary Information.
Fine Fuel Moisture Code 
Duff Moisture Code 
Drought Code 
Initial Spread Index 
Buildup Index 
Fire Weather Index 
Fire Danger Rating
The latest available images of the Canadian Fire Weather Index System (21 June 2001)
(Source: CFWIS)
NOAA-16 AVHRR satellite image from June 20, 2001 showing fire hot spots in northern Sasketchewan and Manitoba
identified in the early morning of June 21:
NOAA-16 AVHRR satellite image, 21 June 2001
Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI)
The following significant events were identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the OSEI support team:
NESDIS/OSEI NOAA-14 POES AVHRR LAC satellite images, 17 June 2001.
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
(Source: OSEI/NOAA)
