National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: June 12, 2024

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
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Priority fires

There are currently no wildfires of note

Interagency mobilization

Canada is at national preparedness level 1, indicating wildland fire activity is minimal, and the demand for firefighters and equipment from jurisdictions is light. British Columbia is at agency preparedness level 3; all other agencies are levels 2 or 1.

The number of fires is well below average for this time of year, and well below the 10-year average for area burned for this time of year. At the time of this report there are personnel, and equipment mobilized through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre to British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Manitoba from Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, as well as equipment from the United States. The United States is at preparedness level 2, which indicates resource capability remains stable enough nationally to sustain incident operations and meet objectives.

Weekly Synopsis

In British Columbia there are category 2 and 3 open burning restrictions across the Cariboo, Coastal, Kamloops and Prince George regions, and a category 3 open burning restriction in the Southeast region, there is also an area restriction order for the Fort Nelson zone. Alberta has fire bans and restrictions in the northwest and foothills regions of the province, as well as in and around Calgary. Northwest Territories has extreme fire danger in the South Slave, Dehcho, North Slave, and Sahtu regions, where campfires are not recommended unless there is no other choice for food or warmth. In the Yukon fire danger is high around Dawson, Haines Junction and north of Whitehorse, permission to burn hand-piled brush will not be provided in these areas. Saskatchewan has fire bans and restrictions in the northwest region of the province. Manitoba has burning restrictions east of Flin Flon, and south-central regions of the province. Quebec has a prohibition on open fires in the following areas: Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord, and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.? In Nova Scotia burning has fire restrictions across the entire province. Prince Edward Island requires burning permits based on the daily Fire Weather Index.

Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador have no restrictions currently in place.

Drought is still a potential factor in many areas but especially northeast BC, northwest AB, and southern NT. A prolonged dry period in these regions could allow a resurgence of fire activity.

Enough rain has fallen over the past couple weeks to minimize fire activity in much of Canada, although recently active regions include northern Quebec and western Yukon.

Very warm temperatures in northern Quebec over the past few days have ended with a return to seasonal variation

Prognosis

Dry regions over the next few days include northern Yukon, Northwest Territories, and the extreme northern Prairie Provinces.

After a band of rain passes through northern Quebec on Thursday, June 13, conditions dry for a few days.

Eastern Manitoba through central Quebec will have a few dry days but will not be sustained long enough to allow fire weather indexes to rise to extreme values.

Weekly graphs (current as of: June 12, 2024)