National Wildland Fire Situation Report
National Wildland Fire Situation Report
Current as of: September 29, 2023
Uncontrolled | Being Held | Controlled | Modified Response |
---|---|---|---|
488 | 204 | 208 | 118 |
2023 (to date) |
10-yr avg (to date) |
% normal | Prescribed | U.S. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 6,496 | 5,380 | 121 | 17 | 43,830 |
Area (ha) |
17,874,112 | 2,726,465 | 656 | 0 | 2,386,207 |
- Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
- Check the Air Quality Health Index for air quality in your area.
Priority fires
This page will not be updated for the remainder of the fire season, a fire season summary update will be provided in fall 2023.
Weekly national situation reports will resume Spring 2024.
British Columbia: • Coastal Fire Centre: Kookipi Creek (V11337) • Prince George Fire Centre: Great Beaver Lake (G51279), North Lucas Lake (G41502), Big Creek (G60666), Hell Raving Creek (C52978)
Interagency mobilization
This will be the final national situation report for 2023.
Canada is at national preparedness level 3, indicating increased mobilization of resources through CIFFC is required to assist operations in the active agencies. British Columbia and Northwest Territories are at Preparedness Level 3. All other agencies are at Preparedness Level 1 or 2 or not reporting.
The number of fires is well above average for this time of year, and well above the average for area burned for this time of year.
At the time of this report personnel, and equipment have been mobilized to British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Parks Canada from across Canada and internationally. There are Mexican and American personnel active in Canada. The United States is at preparedness level 2, which indicates mobilization of resources nationally is required to sustain incident management operations in the active Geographic Areas.
Weekly Synopsis
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has extended their Territorial State of Emergency until October 2, 2023.
There are no other wildfire-related provincial or territorial states of emergency across Canada at this time.
Active fires represented by satellite hotspots persist in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Prognosis
This page will not be updated for the remainder of the fire season, a fire season summary update will be provided in fall 2023.
Weekly national situation reports will resume Spring 2024.
Weekly graphs (current as of: September 29, 2023)
Note: For provinces, PC = Parks Canada
Fire Links
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Parks Canada
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec - SOPFEU (Société de protection des forêts contre le feu)
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
- Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC)
- FireSmart
- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)