National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: September 4, 2024

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
• Check the Air Quality Health Index for air quality in your area.

Priority fires

Saskatchewan: Northwest of Sandy Bay/Flanagan Lake – is an estimated 44,899 hectares in size and is currently classified as not contained.

Southwest of Southend – is estimated 35,060 hectares in size and is currently classified as not contained.

East of Missinipe/Grandmothers Bay – is an estimated 65,489 hectares in size and is currently classified as protecting property.

Interagency mobilization

Canada is at national preparedness level 3 , indicating mobilization through CIFFC for resources is required to support operations in active agencies. Saskatchewan is at agency preparedness level 4; Alberta and Manitoba are at level 3, and all other agencies are levels 2 or 1. The number of fires is average for this time of year, and well above 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 as well as providing personnel through the North American Compact Agreements to the United States.??? ?

Mobilization through CIFFC includes to British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Parks Canada, and CIFFC from Yukon, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and CIFFC. International resources are demobilizing and returning home.

There were 47 lightning caused fire starts last week. The United States is at preparedness level 4, which indicates significant wildfire activity in multiple geographic areas.??

Weekly Synopsis

In British Columbia there are category 2 and 3 open burn bans province wide, and category 1 bans in some areas in the Cariboo region. Alberta has fire bans in the foothills and southern areas, and restrictions in the northwest regions. Parks Canada has closed Jasper National Park except for defined areas and transportation corridors. Northwest Territories has extreme fire danger across the South Slave, Dehcho, and North Slave regions, there are no specific fire bans in place, however campfires are not recommended unless there is no other choice for food or warmth. Saskatchewan has fire restrictions across regional municipalities across the west portions of the province. In Manitoba, there are municipal burning restrictions in the southern parts of the province, western Flin Flon region, and central Grand Rapids area. New Brunswick has restrictions between 8am to 8pm daily in the Kent, Westmorland, and Queens regions. Nova Scotia has a restrictions province wide where burning is only allowed between 7pm and 8am. Prince Edward Island requires burning permits based on the daily Fire Weather Index.

Yukon, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador have no restrictions in place.?

Prognosis

An upper ridge building over western Canada will gradually move east over the coming week.

Seasonal temperatures and some shower or thundershower activity in central Canada will be replaced by hot and dry weather.

Wind on the west side of a surface high pressure area may increase fire growth in northern Saskatchewan on Friday, September 6.

Warm and dry conditions cover the Atlantic Provinces until Saturday, September 7 when systems from the west and Atlantic coast begin to move across eastern Canada.

A flow of moisture across northwestern British Columbia, Yukon, and the western Northwest Territories will provide occasional showers through those regions.

Fire weather indexes will rise in southern British Columbia, the Prairies, and western Ontario but fluctuate in most other regions.

Potential for lightning-caused fires remains high in portions of central British Columbia, central, the northern Prairies, and the southern Northwest Territories although lightning activity will remain low over the next few days.

Weekly graphs (current as of: September 4, 2024)